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Pilava: Aani 17
Tithi: Sapthami

Pay Covid relief, frame Experts to help TN turn

Star: Poorattathi
Rahukalam: CHASING INVESTMENTS
1.30 pm to 3 pm
Yamagandam:
6 am to 7.30 am

norms in 6 weeks: SC into top destination: CM

PRAYERS
Fajar: 4.27 am
Luhar: 12.18 pm
Asar: 3.38 pm
Maghrib: 6.39 pm DC CORRESPONDENT
Isha: 7.58 pm
■ Apex court orders simplification of death certificate CHENNAI, JUN 30

SUNSET TODAY 6.48 PM

SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.03 AM
MOONRISE TODAY 11.46 PM
DC CORRESPONDENT
Covaxin neutralises CENTRE
WITH AGENCY INPUTS
NEW DELHI, JUNE 30
CLEARS
`3.09 L CR FOR
The state government is
working towards making
Tamil Nadu the best
investment destination in
MOONSET TOMORROW 12.44 AM
Delta variants: NIH POWER DISCOMS
The Supreme Court on
Wednesday put its foot
south Asia and the target
will be achieved with the

CORONA down on the issue of paying

for ex-gratia compensation Washington, June 30: health research institute, New Delhi, June 30: The
help of the advisory com-
mittee comprising inter-

C UNT
to families of those who India’s Covaxin, devel- which has a history of Cabinet Committee on nationally renowned econ-
died of pandemic Covid-19 oped by Bharat Biotech in strong scientific collabo- Economic Affairs (CCEA) omists, Chief Minister
and directed National collaboration with the ration with India, also on Wednesday approved a M.K. Stalin said here on
Disaster Management Indian Council of Medical said an adjuvant devel- five-year-long reform- Wednesday.
CASES DEATHS Authority (NDMA) to issue Research, effectively neu- oped with funding from it based result-linked power Speaking at the event
guidelines for payment in tralises both Alpha and has contributed to the suc- distribution scheme worth organised by Hyundai
(+44,725) (+917) six weeks. The court also
asked the agency to decide
Delta variants of coron-
avirus, the US’ National
cess of the highly effica-
cious Covaxin, which has
Rs 3.03 lakh crore for
strengthening system of
Motors India to mark the
roll-out of its 10 millionth
3,04,06,887 3,99,404 the quantum of compensa- Institute of Health has been administered to utilities to improve effi- (1 crore) car, the Chief
tion. Observing that the said. roughly 25 million people ciency. Minister said the state
NDMA has “failed to per- The NIH said results of till date. Briefing after the CCEA would soon become the
covid19india.org form” its “mandatory two studies of blood Adjuvants are sub- meet here, power and new country's number one
statutory duty”, the apex serum from people who stances formulated as & renewable energy minis- state in industrialization.
STATE GOVERNMENT BULLETINS
court ordered steps to sim- had received Covaxin sug- part of a vaccine to boost ter R.K. Singh said said the Recalling the inaugura-
plify guidelines for gest that the vaccine gen- immune responses and funds would be given to tion of the Hyundai facto- Signatures of Chief Minister of M.K. Stalin and Hyundai
(+4,506) (113) issuance and correction of erates antibodies that enhance a vaccine’s effec- power distribution compa- ry at Irungattukottai near India managing director S. S. Kim seen on Hyundai’s 10
“death certificates/official effectively neutralise the tiveness. Covaxin com- nies (discoms) to strength- Poonamallee in 1998 by millionth car during its roll-out at the company’s manu-
TN: 24,79,696 32,619 documents stating the B.1.1.7 (Alpha) and B.1.617 prises a disabled form of en their system. — PTI late chief minister M. facturing facility near Chennai on Wednesday.
exact cause of death, that (Delta) variants of SARS- SARS-CoV-2 that cannot Karunanidhi, he said at
WORLD CONFIRMED CASES is, ‘death due to Covid-19’” CoV-2, first identified in replicate but still stimu- that time the chief minis- would soon become num- was keen that the factories
for enabling dependents to the UK and India, respec- lates the immune system EU APPROVAL FOR ter had said that he would ber one in industrialisa- were spread out across the
18,27,67,902 get benefits of welfare
schemes. ■ P5
tively.
The top American
to make antibodies
against the virus. — PTI VACCINE MATTER
make Tamil Nadu the
third industrialised State
tion, he said, adding that
the DMK government had
districts, providing job
opportunities for the local
in the country and earned the necessary trust people, and not concen-
DEATHS
OF TIME, SAYS SII achieved it subsequently to draw investments in the trated in one geographical

39,56,737
COUNTRIES,
Accept our jabs or face travel New Delhi, June 30:
Vaccine major Serum
during his tenure.
The state was in the fifth
place and then moved up
to the third position
past two months itself.
Trust was the most
important requirement to
draw investors, besides
location, he said.
Calling upon Hyundai to
encourage other indus-
tries to invest in Tamil
219
AREAS WITH
CASES
worldometers.info
curbs here, India tells EU
DC CORRESPONDENT framework, to facilitate at the national level or by
Institute of India is confi-
dent of receiving approval
from the European Medici-
-nes Agency (EMA) for its
through his efforts, which
Mr Stalin said was evident
from the development one
could see on the Chennai
development of technolo-
gy and multi-dimensional
businesses, he said.
Not only the starting of
Nadu, Mr Stalin said
industrial development
led to the progress of the
nation, the people and the
Venugpal reappointed as WITH AGENCY INPUTS
NEW DELHI, JUNE 30
free movement during the
Covid pandemic, is to
the World Health Organi-
sation. We have requested
Covid-19 vaccine Covishi-
eld in a month, company’s
to Poonamallee highway,
which had no industries
new industries but also
the expansion of existing
community and hence his
government saw industri-
attorney general for a year India has asked European
come into effect on 1 July
2021. Under this frame-
EU member states to indi-
vidually consider extend-
chief executive officer
Adar Poonawalla said on
prior to 1996.
Similarly, the state
ones would be encouraged
by the government, which
alisation not as commerce
but as a way of life. ■ P2
New Delhi: Senior advocate K K Union member countries work, persons vaccinated ing similar exemption to Wednesday. “The EMA is
to either accept Indian with vaccines authorised those persons who have absolutely correct in ask-
Venugopal was on Wednesday
reappointed as the Attorney vaccines Covershield and by the European Medici- taken Covid-19 vaccines in ing us to apply, which we iNSIDE
General of India for one year, a
law ministry notification said.
The attorney general usually has
a tenure of three years. When
Covaxin or face mandato-
ry quarantine for its citi-
zens upon their arrival in
India.
nes Agency (EMA) will be
exempted from travel
restrictions within the
EU. Individual member
India, i.e. Covishield and
Covaxin, and accept the
vaccination certificate
issued through the CoWIN
have through AstraZeneca,
our partners, a month ago,
and that process has to take
its time. An approval
DMK GAVE FALSE
PROMISE ON
Body of missing
Venugopal's first term as AG
was to end last year, he had
requested the government to
give him a one-year tenure
“We have noted that the
European Union (EU)
Digital Covid Certificate
states have the flexibility
to also accept vaccines
that have been authorised
portal,” highly placed
sources in the Indian gov-
ernment said. ■ P5
process even with UK
MHRA, WHO took its
time,” he said. — PTI
NEET: EPS
Leader of the Opposition
Edappadi K. Palaniswami said
girl found in city
keeping in mind his advanced DC CORRESPONDENT Wednesday noticed the
THREE MORE
Protesting farmers, BJP
the state was forced to hold
age. He is 90. Neet only because of the CHENNAI, JUNE 30 body of Pixeetha in the
Supreme Court’s order and bushes near a public toilet
Biden nominates Indian- DRONES SPOTTED that despite knowing this, the
DMK, when contesting for the
A 11-year-old girl who
went missing on Tuesday
in the area with injuries.
The police retrieved the
American woman as judge
Washington: United States
President Joe Biden has nomi-
IN JAMMU AREAS
YUSUF JAMEEL |DC
men clash at UP border elections, had stated the test
would be cancelled. DMK
gave false promises on Neet,
says Palaniswami
was found dead with
injuries near a public toi-
let in Kalpakkam on
Wednesday. The police
body and sent it for post-
mortem at Chengalpattu
government hospital. The
police are investigating
nated Indian-American Shalina D SRINAGAR, JUNE 30 BHASKAR HARI men, carrying party flags, noon, a scuffle broke out have detained three per- whether the girl was
Kumar as a federal judge for the SHARMA | DC gathering at the protest and they fought with ■ FULL REPORT ON 4 sons in comnnection with raped and murdered.
Eastern District of Michigan, the Three more flying objects, NEW DELHI, JUNE 30 site at around noon. They sticks, which led to some the case. The police are conduct-
White House has said. possibly drones, were showed black flags to the injuries. Videos and pic- The police said the ing inquiries with the
Nominated by Biden to the US
District Court for the Eastern
spotted over strategically
important areas of Jammu
A scuffle broke out
between some local BJP
BJP men, setting off an
altercation which turned
tures surfaced on the
social media, purportedly
EAM FLAGS BIG deceased girl, Pixeetha of
Vengambakkam near
detained persons, sources
said.
District of Michigan, Chief Judge
Shalina has served on the
on Wednesday. Security
forces opened fire at them
workers and the protest-
ing farmers at the Delhi-
violent. Stones were
thrown and the BJP lead-
showing some damaged
vehicles that were part of
TECH FIRMS’ Kalpakkam, was a class-6
student in a government
Meanwhile, the family
and relatives of the girl
Oakland County Sixth Circuit
Court since 2007. She was
following which they with-
drew, officials said.
Uttar Pradesh border at
Ghazipur on Wednesday.
ers’ car was allegedly
attacked.
a cavalcade of a BJP politi-
cian, Amit Valmiki, who RESPONSIBILTY school in the locality. She
went missing after her
blocked the Chennai -
Puducherry ECR road
appointed Chief Judge of the The unnamed officials Later, the BJP men held a The ruckus took place as was on his way to visit to a browsing centre demanding speedy action
Circuit Court by the Michigan quoted by local news agen- protest near the office of BJP workers were taking Bulandshahr. New Delhi, June 30: where she paid the elec- and immediate arrest of
Supreme Court in January of cies said the drones were the local police chief, out a procession on a fly- The farmers’ leaders, External affairs minister tricity bill and her father's the accused.
2018, a media release said on seen hovering over Miran demanding that immedi- way where the farm law however, alleged that the S. Jaishankar on meat shop in Mamallapuram deputy
Wednesday. Sahab, Kaluchak and ate action be taken against protesters, chiefly sup- episode was yet another Wednesday said that Vengambakkam at superintendent and other
Kunjwani areas of Jammu the farmers who have porters of the Bharatiya “conspiracy by the gov- issues like responsibility around 5 pm. She did it senior officials rushed to
COUNTER POINT where several military
bases and sensitive instal-
been blocking the high-
way since November last
Kisan Union, have been
camping. As the two sides
ernment” to quell their
protests against the three
and accountability of the
big tech companies
return home until 7 pm.
After an intensive
the spot and held talks
with the
lations are located. year. came near each other on controversial farm laws which enjoy huge power search, the parents lodged protestors. The protes-
They said that the first The farmers objected the Delhi-Meerut and to give them a bad and influence must be a missing complaint with tors dispersed after the
“unidentified flying when they saw the BJP Expressway at around 12 name. debated and they cannot the Sadras police station officials promised to
object” at a height of about be brushed under the later that night. arrest the accused at the
1,000 meters was sighted carpet. The locals on earliest, the sources said.
near a place called
Goswami Enclave
Kaluchak area at around
in
Sidhu meets Rahul, Priyanka Mr Jaishankar’s com-
ments came in the midst
of growing tensions
4.40 am. The second one
was spotted near the
Indian Air Force ‘Signal’
in the neighbouring
DC CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, JUNE 30
met Ms Vadra in the
morning, after which he
tweeted a photo with her:
message about a planned
meeting between
Sidhu and the Gandhis,
Mr
between Indian authori-
ties and social media
giant Twitter on a range
of issues including the
Covid has murder
Kunjwani area and the
third at Miran Sahab at
around 6 am. “All these
activities on the third con-
After making disgruntled
Punjab legislator Navjot
Singh Sidhu wait for a
day, Congress leader
“Had a long meeting with
@priyankagandhi Ji,” Mr
Sidhu wrote in the tweet.
In the evening Mr Sidhu
Mr Gandhi said that no
such meeting had been
scheduled.
On Wednesday, the high-
new IT rules. In an inter-
active session with for-
mer British prime minis-
ter Tony Blair at the
accused get bail
secutive day were wit- Rahul Gandhi and AICC had a joint meeting with powered committee set up India Global Forum, he New Delhi, June 30: A sidering the pandemic”.
nessed near defence instal- general secretary Mr Gandhi and Ms Vadra by Congress president said that a vigorous court here on Wednesday Noting that most of them
lations but the alert secu- Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for an hour at the latter’s Sonia Gandhi to sort out debate on big technology granted bail to seven have remained in the judi-
rity personnel quickly finally met him on residence. issues related to the firms is going in India accused in a murder case cial custody for more than
swung into action and Wednesday. On Tuesday, after Mr Punjab Congress mess had like in various parts of related to the north-east a year, the judge said,
opened fire at them. The dissident leader first Sidhu’s team sent out a also met. the world. — PTI Delhi violence, saying “Considering the facts
they cannot be incarcerat- and circumstances, peri-
ed till the conclusion of od of custody, the applica-
trial which is likely to be tions of all the accused

Case against Twitter under POCSO for child porn

New Delhi, June 30: The taken by Twitter officials Code (IPC), Protection of In its letter, the NCPCR graphic and obscene con-
delayed due to the Covid
pandemic.
The case pertains to
alleged murder of one
Vinod Kumar in Delhi’s
persons are allowed and
they are admitted to bail.”
The court directed Sagir
Ahmad, Naved Khan,
Javed Khan, Arshad,
Delhi Police has sent a concerned against child Children from Sexual had asked the Delhi Police tent from the platform with- Brahmpuri area during Gulzar, Mohd Imran, and
notice to micro-blogging sexual abuse content on Offences (POCSO) Act and to book Twitter on the basis in a week. the communal riots on Chand Babu to furnish
site Twitter seeking details their platform and sought the IT Act, police said. of the findings of its recent NCW chairperson Rekha February 24 last year. personal bonds of Rs
about steps taken by it details of the accounts cir- This comes days after the inquiry in which it had Sharma also wrote to the In all, 12 persons are 20,000- each with one local
against circulation of child culating such material. NCPCR, the country’s apex found that child sexual commissioner of police, accused in the case. surety of the like amount
pornographic content on its The Delhi Police had reg- child rights body, asked abuse material (CSAM) was Delhi to investigate the Additional sessions as a condition for bail.
platform, officials said on istered an FIR against deputy commissioner of easily available on the plat- matter and take appropri- judge Amitabh Rawat They have also been
Wednesday. Twitter for allegedly allow- police (cyber cell) Anyesh form. ate legal action. granted relief to the seven directed to not indulge in
A senior police officer ing access to child pornog- Roy to explain why no Meanwhile, rhe National "The NCW has taken suo accused saying they “can- any kind of criminal
said the notice was sent to raphy on its platform fol- action had been taken Commission for Women motu cognisance of several not be incarcerated till activity, not leave Delhi-
Twitter on Tuesday. lowing a complaint by the (NCPCR). The case was reg- against Twitter as per its (NCW) has asked the man- profiles on Twitter sharing the conclusion of the trial, NCR without the court’s
He said the police have National Commission for istered under relevant pro- letter to the Delhi Police aging director of Twitter pornographic content,” the which will take a lot of permission or tamper
sought to know the steps Protection of Child Rights visions of the Indian Penal dated May 29. India to remove all porno- commision said. time and particularly con- with the evidence. — PTI
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Gym owners ask for

SHORT TAKES
Ecstasy tablets
from France and
Netherlands seized
DC CORRESPONDENT
CHENNAI, JUNE 30

Customs officials at the

govt aid to stay afloat
T. SUDHEESH I DC help including moratorium Those who work out option. We hope they will
Chennai airport seized nar- CHENNAI, JUNE 30 on loans, relaxation of should wear a face rejoin the gymnasiums
cotics pills worth `5.25 lakh, building rent during lock- mask and face shield with- when life returns to nor-
which arrived from France Though the government down period and at least 30 in the premise by main- mal,” he said.
and Netherlands. has allowed private gymna- to 40 percent discount on taining a 6-feet minimum Vinod, a fitness enthusi-
Two postal parcels contain- siums in the state to oper- electricity bill. We have social distance. Apart from ast, said he was happy to
ing 105 MDMA tablets which ate with standard operat- also asked the government this, hands should be continue his workout at
arrived from Netherlands and ing procedures (SOPs), the to give approval to reopen washed regularly with home till normalcy
France at Foreign Post Office fitness industry, hit hard by gymnasiums in all dis- soap or alcohol-based sani- returns. “I don’t want to
in Chennai. the second wave of Covid- tricts. Currently, the fitness tiser. take risks at this point of
According to customs, the 19 before coming to terms centres in 11 districts have N. Hari, a gym owner in time though my fitness
first parcel arrived from
Netherlands and was
with the scars left by the
first wave last year, has
not been given assent to
reopen citing the Covid-19
the city, says he had
reopened his gymnasium
centre has opened. I am
told the centre opened with HONOURING C-WARRIORS
addressed to a Andhra demanded government caseload,” he said. with specific measures strict SOPs. But I don’t
Pradesh based person. On support to stay afloat. Jahangir also pointed out issued by the authorities, think that fitness centres
opening, a greeting card The fitness centres were that many clients remain but old clients are hesitant will be able to create a
“HOERA! JIJ BENT JARIG” reopened on Tuesday after hesitant as the virus con- to come. “We have intro- relaxing vibe with these
written in Dutch meaning tinues to spread. ‘We are duced the contactless pay- restrictions. So I opted to Ripon Buildings illuminated on the eve of National Doctors Day and also as a
over a month-long lock-
"HURRAY! IT'S YOUR BIRTH- down. But the gym owners now trying to convince ment system, set the equip- remain at home to pursue tribute to frontline workers and doctors who lost their lives in their fight against
DAY" was found inside. On say that clients are not valid members to retain ment on floors with stipu- workout,” he says. Covid-19. —DC
opening it, a silver plastic enthusiastic to return to their membership by lated distance, and created Meanwhile, the fitness

TN expects 71 lakh doses

pouch containing a ziplock centres due to the fear of a extending the package specific pathways for enter- experts stress that it’s
packet was found in which 50 possible third wave. validity and offering ing and exiting the important to operate the
blue colour tablets marked as A. Fahad Jahangir, secre- attractive packages’, he exercise area. It’s hard to gymnasiums with strict
"Jurassis”, suspected to be tary, Tamil Nadu Gym added. convince the old clients SOPs because there are
MDMA, valued at `2.5 lakh Owners Association According to the state because most of them have many who suffer from dia-
were found inside.
The second parcel had
arrived from France and was
addressed to a Nagercoil based
(TNGOA), which has over
2,500 members across the
state, said they wanted a
moratorium on loans for at
government, the guidelines
are issued for minimising
all possible physical con-
tacts between staff mem-
started enjoying home
workouts. Some clients
find it uncomfortable to
work out wearing a mask
betes and obesity. “Staying
healthy is the key in the
fight against Covid-19.
Maintaining a fitness
of vaccines in July: Min
person. On opening a ziplock least three to six months. bers and visitors as well as and face shield. Many regime at home will not be DC CORRESPONDENT
packet containing 55 skull “We have submitted a peti- maintaining social distanc- clients returned home as effective as there is no CHENNAI, JUNE 30
shaped pink colour MDMA tion to the Chief Minister ing and other preventive their employers gave them supervision and motiva-
tablets of “MB MYBRAND" on Wednesday asking for and safety measures. the work-from-home tion by trainers,” they say. The state is expecting 71
valued at `2.75 lakh were lakh doses of Covid-19
found inside. vaccines from the Centre,
Total 105 MDMA tablets as scheduled, for July, said
worth `5.25 lakh were recov-
Mom ends life as health minister Ma.
ered and seized under the
NDPS Act, 1985.Further inves-
tigation is in progress. daughter spends
time on phone
HC commutes death Subramanian
Wednesday.
He told reporters here
on

that the state had received

almost 50 lakh doses of

to life term for killer

vaccines in June. ‘’The Health minister Subramanian along with HR&CE
DC CORRESPONDENT health department was minister P.K. Sekar Babu and health secretary
CHENNAI, JUNE 30 running out of stock for Dr J. Radhakrishnan receives around 2.5 lakh vaccines
the last couple of days at Central Government medical storage department,
A 34- year-old woman took with 88,450 doses. After Periamet, on Wednesday. —DC
her life near Manimang- J. STALIN I DC the chief minister took up
alam on Tuesday night due
to an argument with her
daughter.
CHENNAI, JUNE 30

The Madras high court

‘This is far more severe the matter with the
Centre, 2.5 lakh doses
were provided on Wedn-
doses while it received
1.46 crore since January,”
he minister said.
cases were reported
across the state so far. A
total of 7,000 beds have
According to police, the
deceased has been identi-
fied as Tamilarasi , a resi-
has commuted from
death to life sentence the
punishment imposed by
punishment than death’ esday. Now we have a
stock of over 3 lakh doses,
which have been sent to
Subramanian said that
steps regarding vaccina-
tion of pregnant and lac-
been set up across the
state to
Mucormycosis cases. If
treat

CM thanks Hyundai
dent of Manimangalam a trial court on an the districts. We hope vac- tating women would be treatment is taken in the
near Padappai in accused for killing his “If the appellant is sent to the gallows, his life will cines for July will start taken after getting the initial stage, the disease

for contribution
Kanchipuram district. wife, his mother and his get extinguished in a jiffy. Contrarily, if he is permit- arriving from Friday. The Indian Council of Medical can be cured easily. The
Police said Tamilarasi two minor children due ted to live, the thoughts of his fiendish act of liqui- state has developed infra- Research guidelines. health department has
lived with her two daugh- to financial stress caused dating his mother, wife and two minor children will structure to inoculate at He said that mucormy- ensured adequate stock of
From P1 ters Geetha (15) and Harini out of loss in business haunt him till his last breath, which, in our opinion, least 7 to 8 lakh doses a cosis (black fungus) cases drugs in the government
(10). Sources said Geetha , a and the demonetization is a far more severe punishment, than the death sen- day. So far the state was in the district had hospitals to treat the dis-
When Mr Karunanidhi class 10 student, spent more of currency notes, in tence. Hence, we modify the sentence of death into able to inoculate 1.45 crore declined, adding that 3,800 ease, he added.
declared open the Hyundai time on her mobile phone , Pammal on December 12, one of life imprisonment with a rider that the appel-
factory he praised the compa- despite several warnings 2017. The accused also lant will not be entitled to any statutory remission or
ny for giving 90 per cent of the from her mother. On inflicted cut injuries in commutation until he completes 25 years of actual
1,238 jobs to the people of Tuesday night, the mother his neck but survived imprisonment. This rider is added because he has to
Tamil Nadu and was happy and daughter duo had an after treatment. suffer this long at least for the mindless violence he
that 637 youth from the vil- argument regarding A division bench com- had let loose on the hapless victims, all because, he
lages like Irungatukottai, Geetha’s alleged addiction prising Justices being a coward, lacked the courage to face the finan-
Keevaloor, Thandalam and to the gadget. P.N.Prakash and cial crunch he was into”, the bench added.
Chettimedu around the facto- After the argument, R.Pongiappan modified
ry had been given employ- Tamilarasi locked herself the death sentence also saw the appellant
ment, Mr Stalin recalled. inside a room in the house. awarded by the Mahila sitting next to the
He lauded Hyundai for As she did not respond for a Court in Chengalpattu to injured, with cut injuries
becoming the No 2 car maker long time, the daughters the accused in his neck. With the
in the country in such a short called in the neighbours to M.Dhamodaran alias help of the public, they
span and also for standing break the door open only to Prakash, to that of life rushed to a hospital,
first in export of cars - 31.3 find their mother hanging. sentence while disposing where the doctors
lakh units to 88 countries - The matter was then of the referred trial by declared the four as
thus contributing to the indus- reported to the police and the state government dead. On a complaint
trial growth of the State. the woman was taken to a and the appeal filed by given by Balakrishnan,
Mr Stalin thanked Hyundai hospital where doctors the accused. the police registered a
for contributing `5 crore to the declared her dead. The bench made it case and the Mahila
Chief Minister's Public Relief The Manimangalam clear that the appellant court, after trial awarded
Fund and also helping the police registered a case and will not be entitled to any frustration and resolved the death sentence to the
state with other things like shifted the body to the statutory remission or to commit suicide. It was accused.
masks and sanitisers. Chromepet Government commutation until he alleged that between 5 The bench said coming
hospital for post-mortem. completes 25 years of a.m. and 5.30 a.m. on to the death penalty that
actual imprisonment. December 12, 2017, the has been awarded by the
According to the prose- appellant took a kitchen trial court for the offence
cution, the accused was a knife and bludgeoned his under section 302 IPC,
graduate in Economics. wife in her neck. they were convinced that
He married Deepa some- Thereafter, he stabbed this case does not come
time in 2010 and was his mother in her neck within the category of
blessed with two chil- and stabbed his two chil- “rarest of rare cases” for
dren, viz., Roshan and
Meenakshi. He contin-
ued his father’s business
in the name and style of
dren. After that he tele-
phoned his brother-in-
law and merely told him
that they were not able to
awarding capital punish-
ment, by applying the
principles laid down by
the Supreme Court in
Cycle turns handy in farming
N.SAMPATH I DC rope, his son Alexander a diploma holder, assists
“Prakash Cloth Stores in live and they were all Bachan Singh’s case. The CHENNAI, JUNE 30 uses the handle bar to till him in ploughing and sow-
Pammal area, after his going to die and discon- trial court appears to the land. Ventaesan has ing. “I completed my
father’s death in 2014. On nected the call. On hear- have been carried away In order to eke out a liv- been cultivating flower diploma 10 years ago and
account of sudden ing this, Balakrishnan, by the number of ing, an impoverished plants, including am still searching for
demonetization of cur- father of Deepa and his injuries that were found farmer and his son are Sampangi, for many employment”, he said.
rency notes by the wife Banumathi rushed on the bodies of the help- ploughing their land with years. After Covid-19 ‘’Due to a poor economic
Central government in to the appellant’s resi- less victims. Further, it the help of a refurbished struck, he was unable to background, we are
2016, the appellant’s busi- dence and were shocked has not been demonstrat- bicycle at Agoor village sell the flowers as markets unable to raise bulls and
ness slumped badly, as he to find a ghastly scene, in ed to them that the appel- near Tirutanni in remained closed. hire farm machines. The
was neither able to repay that, they found their lant was addicted to Tiruvallur. After remov- Due to high labour cost labour cost also increased.
FUELS ANGER his debts nor realize
them. As the debts start-
daughter Deepa, their
grandchildren and the
crime and that he was a
menace to society, there-
ing the front wheel, a
ploughing yoke has been
and rent of a ploughing
machine, Ventaesan
So we decided to till the
land on our own, he
ed mounting, the appel- appellant’s mother with by ruling out any possi- fitted to the cycle. While removed the front wheel added, seeking govern-
CPI and VCK cadres protest against petrol price hike near Neyveli lant fell into a sort of bleeding injuries. They bility of reformation. Venkatesan, 60, pulls the of Alexander’s cycle and ment aid to tide over the
House, PH Road, on Wednesday. —DC vehicle with the help of a fitted the yoke. Alexander, crisis.

PETS IN APARTMENTS: LEGAL RIGHTS & DUTIES keeping with the slogan Let’s get this straight. swimming pool, no their animals are vaccinat- The key ingredients are Malojirao Bhonsle vs

Sanjay ‘adopt, don’t shop’, many

animal lovers rescue aban-
Residents’ Welfare
Associations cannot legis-
Residents' Association can
impose a bar on the use of
ed against rabies and other
diseases, that they are not
injury, danger, annoyance
and obstruction. If a dog
Rasikbhai Govardhanbhai
Raiyani (2000) held that they
Pinto doned or injured dogs or
cats and take them home as
late. Their bye-laws cannot
override statutory provi-
common facilities like lifts
while taking their pets out.
ferocious and are on a
secure leash and preferably
bites other residents or
scares children, then
are not accessible to the
public at large. “There only
pets, or as stop gap shelter sions. There are different In a case on this point, the with a muzzle when obviously this provision the occupants of the flat,
till others adopt them. If degrees of objections, usual- Thane District Consumer taken out of the flat for a comes into play. Not if their relatives, friends and
neighbours mount pressure ly from people who own Forum in Ajay Madhusudan walk and that their poop is it merely barks or passes companions are entitled to

I
t’s a ‘pet’ peeve in many on them to throw these ani- multiple flats and think they Marathe Vs New Sarvodaya scooped by the owners or by with its owner. Barking enter the complex.” The
apartment buildings and mals out, they would be own the whole building, Cooperative Housing their servants if common is a dog’s natural court further ruled that
gated communities. encouraging violation of treating it as their personal Society (2008) had pulled up areas like staircases, eleva- expression. Not if it uri- Section 133 CrPC “cannot be
Barking dogs may seldom Section 11(1)(i) of the fiefdom. The only hitch in the association for deficien- tors and corridors are nates or defecates in a com- used for settlement of dis-
bite but that does not pre- Prevention of Cruelty to keeping a pet in your apart- cy in service under the soiled. Additionally, mon area. Animals don’t putes between private par-
vent neighbours’ tongues Animals Act,1960, which ment is an express prohibi- Consumer Protection Act although there is no penalty have remote controlled blad- ties.”
from wagging. Often it leads punishes anyone who “with- tion in the Rental and awarded compensation prescribed for not obtaining ders or bowels. As long as You can choose your

JUSTICE
to heated arguments betwe- out reasonable cause, aban- Agreement. Other than the to the complainant. a licence from the civic body the pet owner arranges for it friends, spouse, even home-
en pet owners who staunch- dons any animal in circum- house owner, no one is legal- Contrary to certain plac- under the Madras City to be cleaned, the matter owner but not your neigh-
ly defend their right to keep stances which render it like- ly entitled to stop you from ards we see in parks, the Municipal Corporation Act, should end there. bours. Hospitality must
them in their homes, either ly that it will suffer pain by rearing a pet. Animal Welfare Board of 1919, valid vaccination Section 133 of the Code of replace hostility, so that the
owned or rented; and others
who vociferously protest. FOR ALL reason of starvation or
thirst.” There is also a fun-
damental duty cast on citi-
However, on the ground,
even if pets are grudgingly
allowed, restrictions are
India, in one of its
Circulars, made it clear that
pets cannot be banned in
records are a prerequisite
for its issuance.
The common refrain from
Criminal Procedure (CrPC)
on removal of nuisance is
also invoked by angry
dogs bark but the associa-
tion carries on!
What rankles is that while a
pet is treated like a family There is no legal prohibi- zens under Article 51A(g) of often imposed on taking such common facilities. the ‘anti pet brigade’ is pub- neighbours. But is an apart- (The writer is an
member, it is perceived as tion on keeping domestic the Constitution of India to them in elevators. While a While pet owners have lic nuisance. This is covered ment complex a public advocate at the Madras
and branded a ‘nuisance’ by animals like cats or dogs in “have compassion for living dog obviously cannot be per- rights, there is also a three- under Section 268 of the place? The Gujarat High high court, columnist
others. residential complexes. In creatures.” mitted in an association fold civic duty to ensure that Indian Penal Code (IPC). Court in Ramachandra & author)
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Farm land submerged by DMK govt gave false CM pays tribute to

promise on Neet: EPS Anna at his house
crude oil after pipe burst
DC CORRESPONDENT
CHENNAI, JUNE 30
Salem, June 30: Leader celling the exam only to said her telephonic con-
of Opposition Edappadi capture power. But after versations will not impact Chief Minister M K Stalin
K. Palaniswami demand- coming to power, it had the 1.5 crore cadre based visited the former resi-
R. VALAYAPATHY I DC The ONGC pumps out with a technical team the oil leak and a compensa- ed that the state govern- formed a committee, he organisation a wee bit. dence of DMK founder C
MANNARGUDI, JUNE 30 crude oil at Panaiyur, plugged the oil leak and tion of `10 lakh. ment clear the confusion added. He also took a dig Making it clear she is no N Annadurai, which is
Komala Pettai and held negotiations with Tiruvarur collector in the minds of students at electricity minister V longer with the AIADMK now a memorial, in
A large quantity of crude oil Keelmarudhur in Kottur farmers. P. Gayathri Krishnan and parents on whether Senthil Balaji for claim- since her expulsion in Kancheepuram and gar-
submerged a fertile land union near Mannargudi and The affected farmer, promised suitable action and the National Eligibility- ing that Tamil Nadu faced 2017, the former chief landed the leader’s statue
owned by a farmer after the transports it to Narimanam Sivakumar, told visiting compensation to the affected cum-Entrance Test (Neet) frequent power outages minister said there has there on Wednesday, vow-
bursting of a crude oil pipe oil field for refining. One of reporters that the entire field farmer. will be conducted or not. due to squirrels running been an "overreaction" to ing to follow his footsteps
passing underneath his field these pipelines exploded at was submerged with crude Thiruthuraipoondi MLA "The constitution of the A on power lines, saying her speaking to a few in the running of his gov-
at Panaiyur village near Panaiyur village, sources oil and it will take at least Marimuthu and Mannargudi K Rajan committee to "squirrels can climb one party members. "She is ernment.
Mannargudi in Tiruvarur said. The ONGC officials one and a half years to set it RDO Alagarsami visited the study the impact of Neet line but not throughout not with the AIADMK and Stalin, who visited the
district on Wednesday. who reached the spot right. He wanted plugging of spot. on government students is the state." has no contact with the Hyundai car factory at
an eyewash as everyone Seeking to play down party. Not just 10, let her Irungatukottai near
knows that Tamil Nadu is expelled general secretary interact with 1,000 Poonamalee to attend the

Q-branch seizes NDC urges mountain policy for TN

forced to conduct the test V K Sasikala's purported persons, the 1.5 crore celebrations to mark the
due to the Supreme Court interaction with party cadre strong AIADMK company 25 years in the
order," he said. workers, AIADMK co- will not be affected," State, also took time to
2.5 metric tonnes B. RAVICHANDRAN I DC ing drinking water to several Rio de Janeiro in Brazil,
towns. Moreover, the hill sta- which is similarly endowed as
OOTY, JUNE 30
The DMK had made a
false promise on can-
coordinator K
niswami on Wednesday
Pala- he told reporters in
Omalur here. —PTI
drive to Kancheepuram
and pay tributes to the for-
tions will have to play a major Tamil Nadu, is the first mer Chief Minister.
of turmeric The Nilgiris Documentation role in the post-Covid revival state in the world to enact a Though he had wanted

M. ARULOLI I DC
Centre (NDC) has appealed to
Governor Banwarilal Purohit
law to protect the mountain
of tourism in the state. The
state’s mountains and their eco-systems following the
recommendation of the
3,592 kids lost one or both to visit the memorial and
seek the blessing of

parents to Covid-19 in TN
THOOTHUKUDI, JUNE 30 for formulating a separate water resources are under Annadurai ever since the
mountain policy for Tamil multiple threats from real UN Mountain Partnership, DMK government took
The Q-branch police in Nadu. estate, invasive plants, mono- of which India is also a charge of the State for the
Thoothukudi on D. Venugopal, the director of culture, urbanisation, man- member. sixth time, he could not
Wednesday seized NDC, in a memorandum sent animal conflict and proposed The law provides a frame- DC CORRESPONDENT V.Udhayachandran of Court. make it in view of the
2.5 metric tonnes of to Purohit, stated that the gov- indiscriminate power projects. work for regulating conserva- PUDUKKOTTAI, JUNE 29 Vadakkipatti in Judge Dr Mrs. R. Sathya Coronavirus pandemic, he
turmeric fingers about ernor’s address on the opening So the NDC appeals to the tion of biodiversity, efficient Pudukkottai district took convicted and sentenced told the media at the
to be smuggled to Sri day of the current assembly Governor to recommend to the and sustainable use of moun- The district fast track the fourth standard girl to the accused to undergo 6 memorial.
Lanka from the session was path-breaking. state government to include tain resources, articulation of Mahila court, on Tuesday a hideout in the same vil- years RI and also The party founder’s
Pattinamaruthur coast “But there is a genuine appre- protection and proper develop- traditional and modern at Pudukkottai, convicted lage and sexually assault- slapped a fine of `50,000. If advice to his followers was
near Thoothukudi. hension that a critical area has ment of mountains among its knowledge, integration of sec- and sentenced a 30-year- ed her on December 17, he fails to remit the ‘go to the people and serve
A country craft with been overlooked. The moun- priorities” he noted. toral public policies and old man to undergo 6 2019. fine, he should undergo them by going and living
an outboard engine tains of the state are crucial It is time the state govern- adequate realisation of agri- years of rigorous impris- Based on the victim's one more year imprison- with them,’ Stalin said,
along with a two- for the development of agri- ment formulates a comprehen- cultural, sports, cultural and onment for sexually parents' complaint, ment. The judge also adding that would be his
wheeler and a culture and electricity. The sive mountain policy for the religious activities. This law assaulting a 9-year-old Ponnamaravathi police directed the Tamil Nadu government’s objective
car used by the smug- waters of Nilgiris alone irri- sustainable development of its aims to protect mountain envi- girl. arrested the accused Government to pay which he had also noted
glers too were seized gate lakhs of hectares in the enormous and unique moun- ronments in an integrated According to the prose- under Pocso Act and filed `2 lakh as compensation down in the visitor’s book.
though the culprits, plains below besides supply- tain resources. way, Venugopal pointed out. cution, the accused a case in the Mahila to the victim. To a question on the gov-
said to be around five, ernment’s plan to christen
managed to escape in more schemes and institu-
another boat and the
police are on the hunt
for them.
Man attacks wife VP calls for ‘intelligent’ methods to counter drone attacks tions after Annadurai as it
has been done in the case
of Anna University and
The seized goods Chennai, June 30 : therefore there was a Terrorism was the tion cannot be detected House- a joint collabora- Anna Centenary Library,
handed over to the
Customs department
for further inquiry
over dispute, ends life Expressing concern over
the use of drones to tar-
get the Jammu Air Force
need for new methods, he
said in his address after
visiting the site of the
enemy of mankind, the
entire humanity and ter-
rorists "are making us
by such military radars.
This is what happened
now in (Jammu and)
tion of IIT Madras and
Tvasta Manufacturing
Solutions, a startup.
Stalin
announcements
said

come when the State

such
would

were said to cost DC CORRESPONDENT quarrel with his wife Station, Vice President first 3D Printed House in restive and they are Kashmir. So we have to Observing that cutting Budget would be present-
around Rs 60 lakh in ARIYALUR, JUNE 30 Shalfa. He attacked his M Venkaiah Naidu on India at IIT Madras here. affecting the growth of focus on that," he said. edge technologies pro- ed soon.
Sri Lanka, where the wife with a Wednesday urged the Two drones had the country," Naidu said. The enemy wants to vide a glimpse into the
import of the yellow A man committed sui- deadly weapon and she research community in dropped explosive mate- "The armed forces, of "cripple our nation, sub- future, the V-P stressed ● Though he had
spice has been banned cide by hanging himself was admitted to the the country to develop rial on the IAF station course, they have wide vert our system." the importance of scal- wanted to visit the
since December 2019. after attacking his government medical "much more intelligent located at Jammu air- area of air defence sys- "So the research com- ing them up so that they
A Q branch official wife with a deadly college hospital at methods" to combat such port on Sunday injuring tems with advanced munity must come for- are accessible to the com- memorial ever since
said this was the sec- weapon following a Thanjavur, where her issues. two personnel. A cock- radars and missiles to ward and we must really mon man. the DMK
ond catch within a domestic quarrel at condition was said to be He also asked the tail of explosive materi- detect and thwart aerial come out with much "Technologies should government took
week as on June 26, Vadakku Paranam vil- critical. Indian Institutes of al, including RDX, is intrusions by large more intelligent meth- not be limited to being charge, he could not
three tonnes of lage near Senthuurai in Kannan committed Technology (IITs) to believed to have been drones, UAVS (unman- ods to combat these only proof of concept. It
turmeric meant for Ariyalur district on suicide by hanging him- focus on the areas of used. ned aerial vehicles), air- enemy's efforts," Naidu can greatly alleviate make it in view of
smuggling were seized Wednesday. self from a cashew tree "eliminating terrorism." The case was handed crafts and helicopters." said. Naidu commended human suffering and the pandemic, he
and five men arrested Police said the nearby his house. Such low-flying drones over to the National "But the small drones the efforts of the team make a common man's told the media at
at Therespuram coast deceased Kannan con- Irumpulikurichi police could not be detected by Investigation Agency flying at low heights, behind the project of the life comfortable” he
in Thoothukudi. sumed poison and had a are investigating. the military radars and (NIA) on Tuesday. with low radar cross-sec- country's first 3D Printed added. —PTI the memorial.

COFFEE-BREAK
CALVIN AND HOBBES|Bill Watterson

Your day today By Dr C.V.B. Subrahmanyam QUICK CROSSWORD

Aries: Empower team members to enable
them to live up to your expectations. Convey
your feelings to the person you love.
Pay special attention to your physical health.
Taurus: Invest on financially viable projects.
The planetary aspects around you show
deceptive influences. This will affect your THE WIZARD OF ID|Parker and Hartsd
personal life.
Gemini: The day will not have a promising
start. Do not invest your money in fanciful
schemes. It may not be possible to execute
plans that require team efforts.
Cancer: Quick thinking on the part of private
sector employees can win them bonuses.
Your dashing and dynamic nature will take
you to great heights in your career.
Leo: You are likely to be compelled
to spare sometime for your family against
your will. Today you will shower your loved ARCHIE|Bill Henry Scarpelli & craig boldman
ones with a lot of affection.
Virgo: It will be a busy and joyful day.
Focus on the needs of the family members.
Your beloved will try to please you.
Communicate with colleagues to maintain
harmony at workplace. Across Down YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
1.Saved from destruction (8) 1. Unwavering in loyalty (9)
You share your b’day with 6. Large external exhibition (4) 2. Pleas (anag) (5)
Across:
6. Vermicelli, 8. Avert,
Venkaiah Naidu, a prominent leader of the 7. Leakproof joint packing (6) 3. Retches (4) 10. Short, 13.
Anticyclone, 14. Obeys,
Bharatiya Janata Party is an Indian politician and 9. Sediment (5) 4. Fate (7) 17. Gecko, 19.
the current Vice President of India and the Chairman of 11. Long purposeful watch (5) 5. Take to court (3) Unresolved.
the Rajya Sabha, in office since 11 August 2017. 12. Fragrance (5) 8. Camera lens (9) Down: 1. Fete, 2. Emit,
13. Thick sweet liquid (5) 10. Eye-catching novelty (7) 3. Acts, 4. Alto, 5. BLONDIE|Dean Young and John Marshall
Libra: Do not allow your personal desires to Mistletoe, 7. Catalogue,
get in the way of your ambitions and career. 16. Platitude (6) 14. Happen over (5) 9. Rainy, 11. Halve, 12.
18. Repeat (4) 15. Sign (4) Rye, 15. Earl, 16. Sash,
Give more of your time and attention to 17. Gulf, 18. Clef.
employment activities. 19. Jumper (8) 17. Swindle (3)
Scorpio: Some of you will form new
love connections. A pleasurable trip
is possible. Focus on your health. Word Mine jumble
Problems like fatigue or itching may bother you.
Sagittarius: It’s a good day for enjoyment.
Meeting officials in an informal setting will B
work in your favor. Dedicate most of your time
to family and friends. NEU
Capricorn: There will be prosperity at home.
Monetary gains will arise from your
profession or business. Children bring
HAR R T ANDY CAPP |Reg Smythe

TODAY’S RATINGS: 30 AVERAGE; 35

happiness. You may have a good GOOD; 40 OUTSTANDING
relationship with your spouse. How many words of four or more
letters can you make from the
Aquarius: Your personal growth depends on how letters shown in today’s puzzle? In
you handle sensitive subjects. A relationship will making a word, each letter may be
used once only. Each word must
improve as the evening moves along. You may contain the letter at the top of the
have environmental concerns today. pyramid. There should be at least
one nine letter word. Plurals,
foreign words and proper names
Pisces: You can get a lot of work done today. are not allowed.
Your partner will be open to your ideas for tuber, turban, unbar, urban, urbane

change and progress. Today is a good day for burr, butane, HEARTBURN, herb, rebut, tuba, tube,
breath, brunt, brut, brute, bunt, burn, burner, burnt,

all round progress and prosperity.

bear, beat, beau, bent, berth, beta, bran, brat,
barn, barren, barter, bate, bath, bathe, bather, bean,

TARZAN|Edgar Rice Burroughs

ANSWERS: abet, abut, bane, banter, bare, barer,

O
n today's deal, East the king, then led a diamond. seven tricks available before heart, six diamonds and two
bridge found a brilliant play, but When East's king appeared, West could gain the lead with clubs.
it proved to be too bril- South would have just played the diamond jack to run his Why was West wrong?
PHILLIP liant for his partner. low, keeping West off the lead. hearts. Sensing the problem, Because if East had the K-Q-
ALDER West had a textbook three- East, without a heart to play, South ducked the second 10-9 of diamonds, he wouldn't
heart opening, and South had couldn't have harmed declar- heart. have known that he could
an automatic overcall of three er. South would have won 10 Declarer felt much better afford to signal with the king.
PARTNER no-trump. He might not make tricks: two spades, one heart, when West started thinking. After all, declarer might have
DRAWS A it, but it had to be a worth-
while gamble.
five diamonds and two clubs.
At the time, though, South
West was asking himself the
significance of East's discard.
had the ace-jack. West should
have led another heart, defeat-
WRONG West led the heart king. If
declarer had won this trick, he
ducked the first trick. West
continued with the heart jack,
Eventually deciding -- incor-
rectly -- that his partner was
ing the contract in the process.

CONCLUSION could have assured his con-

tract with an avoidance play.
and East, who had guessed the
position, discarded his dia-
signaling for a diamond shift,
West led the diamond four at Copyright United
He could have crossed to the mond king. If South won with trick three! Declarer claimed Feature Syndicate
board with a spade or club to the heart ace, he had only 11 tricks: two spades, one (Asia Features)
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SHORT TAKES Long wait for the vax 3 ‘drones’ spotted

3 ULTRAS KILLED,
2 JAWANS HURT over strategically
IN J&K GUNFIGHT
DC CORRESPONDENT
SRINAGAR, JUNE 30
vital areas in Jammu
YUSUF JAMEEL | DC ● THE DRONES were seen
Three unidentified militants SRINAGAR, JUNE 30 hovering over Miran Sahab,
have been killed and two Kaluchak and Kunjwani
Army jawans injured in a fire Three more flying objects —
fight raging in a remote vil- possibly drones — were areas of Jammu where
lage of Jammu and Kashmir’s spotted over strategically several military bases and
southern Kulgam district important areas of Jammu sensitive installations
since Wednesday afternoon. on Wednesday. Security are located.
Earlier, a soldier was injured forces opened fire at them
in a barrage of gunfire that following which they with- Jammu region and, thereby,
came from behind scrubs in drew, officials said. as was claimed by it, foiled a
Daddal village of Sunderbandi The unnamed officials possible threat in this
belt close to the Line of quoted by local news gather- extremely sensitive mili-
Control (LoC) in Rajouri dis- ing agencies said that the tary area.
trict after the security forces drones were seen hovering The activity continued on
on noticing suspicious move- over Miran Sahab, Kaluc- Tuesday when the drone-
ment launched an operation in hak and Kunjwani areas of like objects were seen flying
the vulnerable area. Jammu where several mili- at a couple of places in the
The police and Army sources tary bases and sensitive same security belt.
said that fighting broke out in installations are located. The J&K police and Indian
Kulgam’s Chimmer village They said that the first Army officials in Jammu
after the security forces “unidentified flying object” had said on Monday that as
mounted a cordon-and-search at a height of about 1,000 many as 14 drones were
operation to take on a group of meters was sighted near a launched reportedly from
militants hiding there. The place called Goswami Encl- across the International
exchange of fire was on when ave in Kaluchak area at aro- Border (called Working
reports last came in. und 4.40 am. The second one Boundary by Islamabad)
was spotted near the Indian and Line of Control (LoC) in

ANIL KANT IS Beneficiaries not adhering to social distancing norms, wait in queues to receive Covid-19 vaccine dose, at a government school at Fazilpur
village in Gurugram on Wednesday. — PTI
Air Force ‘Signal’ in the
neighbouring Kunjwani ar-
the recent past.
They said that the areas

NEW KERALA ea and the third at Miran

Sahab at around 6 am. “All
which witnessed the activi-
ty include Jammu, Rajouri,

POLICE CHIEF
Pay Covid relief, frame
these activities on the third Samba and Kathua districts
SON: DRIVE TO consecutive day were wit-
nessed near defence instal-
of Indian-administered
Kashmir. Six sorties with
Thiruvananthapuram, June
30: Senior IPS officer Anil
REPLACE BSY, A lations but the alert securi-
ty personnel quickly swung
weapon payloads were
found in Samba sector,

norms in 6 weeks: SC
Kant will be the new chief of
Kerala police, succeeding inc- CLOSED CHAPTER into action and opened fire
at these objects,” said an
three to four in Hiranagar
sector and two each in
umbent DGP Loknath Behera official. Nowshera-Rajouri and
who retired on Wednesday, Mysuru, June 30: On June 27, the overly sen- Arnia sectors.
government sources said. Karnataka BJP vice- sitive Air Force Station at J&K’s director general of
A 1988 batch officer, Kant is president, B.Y. Vijayen- Jammu had come under a police Dilbagh Singh, said
presently serving as the Road FROM PG 1 dra on Wednesday said terror attack when two low- that in the recent past
Safety Commissioner in the
state. A cabinet meeting chai-
red by Chief Minister Pinar-
A bench of justices
Ashok Bhushan and
Accept our jabs or face travel the campaign by a sec-
tion of party leaders
seeking replacement of
intensity bombs believed to
have been dropped by dro-
nes hit a barracks and an
drones have been used to
drop weapons and narcotic
consignments.

curbs here, India tells EU

ayi Vijayan picked Kant for the M.R. Shah, however, his father and Chief open space in quick succes- He said that the twin
top post from the list of offi- noted the “peculiarity Minister B.S. Yediyur- sion, leaving two IAF per- blasts at the Jammu Air
cers recommended by the and the impact and appa from his post is sonnel were injured in the Force base was a “terror
Union Public Service Commis- effect” of the pandemic now a closed chapter. explosions that took place attack” in which IED pay-
sion (UPSC), they added. and said that it cannot FROM PG 1 for inclusion in the EU in the (EU) Covid vacci- Addressing reporters within a gap of 5-minutes. loads were dropped using
The government also pro- order payment of Rs 4 Digital Covid Certificate nation passport. Until it here, he said, “Absol- A day later, the Army drones. A security alert for
moted him to the grade of lakh as ex-gratia com- The genuineness of such and recognition of is approved, anyone who utely. No one is talking averted two separate drone all vital installations in the
Director General of Police pensation which should vaccination certification Indian CoWIN vaccina- has been fully vaccinat- about it anymore.” activities in Ratnuchak- Jammu region as well as
from the present ADGP rank be decided by NDMA as can be authenticated on tion certificates, Indian ed with Covishield will Vijayendra was Kaluchak belt close to the Kashmir Valley was issued
in the vacancy arising due to there was a need to the CoWIN portal,” high- health authorities would not be able to travel to responding to a query border with Pakistan in on Sunday itself.
the retirement of Behera. “focus simultaneously ly placed sources in the reciprocally exempt the Europe during the pan- whether the issue of
“The government has exam- on prevention, prepared- Indian government said concerned EU member demic. leadership change in the
ined the recommendations of
the Committee (UPSC) careful-
ness, mitigation and
recovery, which calls for
on Wednesday.
“We have also conveyed
state for exemption from
mandatory quarantine
Serum Institute of
India CEO Adar
state is a closed chapter.
He said the national
NO COVID VAX IN MUMBAI’S
ly along with the service
records of the empanelledoffi-
cers,” an order issued by the
a different order of
mobilization of both
financial and technical
to EU member states that
India will institute a
reciprocal policy for
all those persons carry-
ing EU Digital Covid
Certificate,” sources
Poonawalla said

European approval for

on
Wednesday said that the
general secretary and
Karnataka in charge
Arun Singh has clearly
GOVT/BMC CENTRES TOMORROW
Chief Secretary said. resources”. recognition of the EU added. The European its locally manufactured stated that Yediyurappa Mumbai: The COVID-19 said the vaccination drive
The selection of Kant, who “We direct the NDMA Digital Covid Certificate. Medicines Agency vaccine is “just a matter is running good admin- vaccination drive in will resume once it receives
always chose to keep a low pro- to recommend guidelines Upon notification of (EMA) is yet to clear the of time” and is expected istration and the Mumbai will be suspended a fresh stock of vaccines.
file throughout his career, for ex gratia assistance Covishield and Covaxin inclusion of Covishield in about a month. Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday at the civic- "The citizens of Mumbai
came as a surprise for many as on account of loss of life (BJP) government will run as well as government- are constantly informed
the media had pointed out vig- to the family members of vided..,” it said. By not recommending s i m p l i f i e d complete its term under run centres due to paucity about the vaccination,
ilance director Sudesh Kumar the persons who died due Dealing with the provi- any guidelines for ex gra- procedure/guidelines his leadership. of vaccine doses, the depending upon the extent
and fire and rescue services to Covid-19, as mandated sions on compensation tia assistance on account is/are required to be “There is no need to Brihanmumbai Municipal to which the stock of vac-
director general B. Sandhya under Section 12(iii) of in the DMA, it said the of loss of life due to the issued by the Central raise this issue (of lead- Corporation said. cines received, and an
as the main contenders for Disaster Management word “shall” has to be pandemic, “it can be said Government and/or ership change) time and In a statement issued on appropriate decision is
the post. Act (DMA), 2005, for the read as “shall” and “it is that the National appropriate authority again when national Wednesday, the civic body taken," it said.
minimum standards of the mandatory statutory Authority has failed to for issuance of an offi- leaders, state Bharatiya

NO HONEST relief to be provided to

the persons affected by
duty cast upon the
National Authority to
perform its statutory
duty cast under Section
cial document/death 61
certificate stating the
Janata Party president
and even the Chief

TAHSILDAR IN disaster - Covid-19

Pandemic, over and
recommend guidelines
for the minimum stan-
12”, it said.
Referring to guidelines
exact cause of death,
i.e., “Death due to Covid-
Minister have said that
he (Yediyurappa) would

INDIA: RAJ MIN.

above the guidelines dards of relief which of ICMR, it said, “We feel 19”, to the family mem- continue in his position
already recommended shall include ex gratia that the procedure bers of the deceased for the next two years,”
for the minimum stan- assistance on account of should be as simplified who died due to Covid- Vijayendra said. — PTI
Kota (Raj), June 30: A Rajas- dards of relief to be pro- loss of life...” as it can be. Therefore, a 19.”
than minister has claimed that

Khattar: Farmers adamant on repeal

there are no honest tahsildars
in the county and even the up-
right ones take 2 per cent kick-
CHINA'S
back. Rajasthan industries ACTIONS ON LAC
of farm laws, won’t serve any purpose
minister Parsadi Lal Meena
said taking 2 per cent bribe is a
practice among the tahsildars, ‘DISTURBED’
naib tahsildars and patwaris
across the country.
Nowhere in India, one can
Chandigarh, June 30:
Haryana Chief Minister
are only doing so due to
political reasons.
his invitation for talks,
Khattar said, “The farm-
this agitation is that so-
me incidents have happe-
PEACE: FS
find an honest tahsildar, naib Manohar Lal Khattar on Their Punjab team is er unions are adamant ned prompting people to New Delhi, June 30:
tahsildar and patwari. I have Wednesday said the prot- doing so because polls on only one thing — raise questions,” he said China's attempts over the
been a six-time MLA and esting farmer unions are approaching there. repeal of the farm laws in an apparent reference last year to unilaterally
thrice held ministerial posts should not remain adam- But there are no polls — without being able to to the sexual exploitation alter the status quo in
several tahsildars, naib tahsil- ant on repeal of the new due in our state. Here the pinpoint at any short- incident at Tikri border. Ladakh were in violation
dars were deputed, they central farm laws, add- agenda is to defame the comings of the laws.” The Haryana Police of bilateral agreements
always take 2 per cent (bribe), ing that making it a pre- government using politi- It does not serve any had last month launched and inevitably impacted
he said during a public hear- condition for talks with cal angle. And the purpose if they remain a probe into allegations the development of ties,
ing in Bundi on Tuesday. the government does not Congress is also support- adamant on just one by the father of the vic- Foreign Secretary Harsh
The minister’s response ca- serve any purpose. ing them in this, he said. thing and making it a tim woman, who died Vardhan Shringla said on
me after Pradesh Congress co- He also claimed that Khattar said the word precondition for talks after showing Covid-like Wednesday and noted that
mmittee member Satyesh Sha- only a “handful of peo- kisan (farmer) is a sacr- with the government, he symptoms, at a hospital an early completion of the
rma raised the issue of tahsil- ple” were opposing the ed one, but some inciden- said at a press confer- in Bahadurgarh in Jha- disengagement process
dar (revenue officer) Pritam farm laws and that “com- ts like the alleged sexual ence here. jjar district, that she had could lead to the de-esca-
Kumari Meena getting an mon farmers are happy”. exploitation of a woman “What I feel is that been raped by two men lation of forces there.
Awaited Posting Order (APO). Those spearheading from West Bengal at the kisan word is a very she had accompanied to Delivering a talk on
Meanwhile, Congress worke- the agitation are in reali- Tikri border last month pious word. Everyone, the farmers protest site "Global Rebalancing and
rs led by the party’s Bundi city ty not farmers. Real have “prompted people including me, the gov- at Tikri border. India's Foreign Policy"
president Devraj Gochar rais- farmers have no objec- to raise questions”. ernment, common peo- The CM also referred to organised by the
ed slogans against the minis- tion with the farm laws, On Union agriculture ple, believe those leading the death of a 42-year-old V i v e k a n a n d a
ter for allegedly not hearing they are happy, he said. minister narendra Singh this agitation have faith man whose family mem- I n t e r n a t i o n a l
their complaints against dis- The Chief Minister fur- Tomar’s appeal to the and respect towards far- bers alleged that he was Foundation, he said
trict collector Ashish Gupta. ther alleged that those protesting farmers to mers. But the sad part set on fire by four people India's relations with
opposing the farm laws end their agitation and which has come out of in Bahadurgarh. — PTI major powers have
attained comprehensive
strategic levels while
COVID | CURBS Officers told to dispose of bodies of Covid victims in a dignified manner maintaining
autonomy.
strategic

"We have carefully tend-

ed our relationship with

Odisha extends partial lockdown till July 16

AKSHAYA KUMAR hours – from 6 am to 6 pm. — Angul, Dhenkanal and not been allowed and curbs at the time of their deaths.
the United States. It is an
exciting and forward-
looking partnership.
India and the United
States have also partnered
SAHOO | DC In 10 coastal districts Keonjhar — in the central on marriages and funerals In a letter to the district with Japan and Australia
BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 30 where the Covid-19 situati- part of the state. will continue as usual in collectors, municipal com- in another forward look-
on is slowly improving but The chief secretary Category B districts. missioners and chief dis- ing partnership," he said
The Odisha government on the TPR is above 5 per cent, announced a withdrawal Meanwhile, the Odisha trict medical officers in a reference to the
Wednesday extended the transport services will re- weekend shutdown in government on Wednesday (CDMOs), additional chief QUAD grouping.
partial lockdown till July main suspended as before. ‘Category A’ districts. directed all district admin- secretary P.K. Mohapatra
16 as the Covid-19 test posi- The government, however, Mohapatra said small hair istrations and civic bodies stated that all Covid proto-
tive rate (TPR) hovered extended the time for move- salons are allowed to oper- like municipality, munici- cols as per the guidelines of
around 5 per cent in several ment of the public and bus- ate in ‘Category A’ districts. pal corporations and noti- the Central government be
districts. iness activity by one hour – Outdoor and indoor film fied area councils to dis- followed during the dispos-
The government, howev- till 2 pm, instead of the pre- shooting can resume while pose the bodies of the al of bodies.
er, attempted to ease vious deadline of 1 pm. daily markets and weekly Covid victims in a dignified He further directed that
restrictions in 20 out of the Announcing the ‘unlock haats have also been per- manner in consultation bodies of the deceased be
30 districts which reported guidelines’ in the after- mitted in these districts. with the bereaved families. handed over to their family
below 5 per cent TPR. In noon, chief secretary Weekend shutdown will The government also ask- members in case they test-
these 20 districts, the gov- Suresh Mohapatra said the continue in Category B dis- ed the district administrati- ed negative for Covid-19 at
ernment allowed inter-dis- Covid-19 situation has tricts. Similarly, bus trans- ons and civic bodies to ha- the time of their deaths.
trict bus and taxi services improved in 17 western and port will remain suspended nd over the corpses to the The body must be covered
and opening of the busi- southern Odisha districts in these districts. Malls, Ci- family members if the dec- in a sealed bag for the safe
ness establishments for 12 along with three districts nema halls and jatras have eased tested Covid negative disposal, he stated.
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Courts, not govt, uphold Subhani

security for daily wagers
T
he most disturbing scenes India witnessed in recent times were
those of lakhs of guest workers walking hundreds of kilometres on
their way back to their village homes from the cities when India
got into a national lockdown last year. Bereft of their means of sus-
tenance and livelihood, they had little reason to stay back in the cities.
With no government aid coming their way either, they took the hardest
course of the long walk. Dozens of them died on the way. That the Supreme
Court of India fought shy of intervening and offering them help despite
pleas completed the picture of governmental apathy then.
The guest workers are lucky this time around, thanks to a resolute inter-
vention by the apex court. As per its direction to the Union government on
Tuesday, no guest worker should go hungry after being denied their statu-
tory ration. The government must speed up its own policy of “one nation
one ration card” by July 31 so that an Indian citizen covered under the
National Food Security Act can purchase his/her share of ration from any
shop in the public distribution system any-
where in the country. The court also reminded
The intervention the government that the right to food is one of
of the Supreme the bare necessities of life and that it was an
Court and several intrinsic part of the right to live with dignity.
high courts in the Setting the deadline, the court reminded the
governments at the Centre and in the states
matter is the that they have a bounden duty to ensure that
CPC: Party is the State LETTERS
THIRUKURAL IN BUSES

and State is the Party

second best none among the estimated 38 crore guest work- It is time for increasing
option a ers goes hungry during the pandemic. It was the usage of the Tamil
democracy can perhaps for the first time that a bench of the language. The
choose apex court put on record the contributions they
have made to the economic development of the Government of India
country, which could act as a basis for further in the June 1989 men (and some women
extending economic and social aid to this class of people. Tiananmen Square mas- too), known as Naxalites, has 18 officially recog-
In the process of reaching succour to one of the most vulnerable sections
of society invoking constitutional protection available to every citizen, the
Abhijit sacre, when the mighty
party felt threatened by a
operating
unwittingly)
(perhaps
as the
nised languages. The
local buses in Chennai
court also bared the chinks in the armour of the government of a country
which prides itself as the software hub of the world. It took note of the fact
Bhattacharyya small assembly of stu-
dents and dissenters; it is
PLA’s foot soldiers. Most
Indians remained in the and other parts of Tamil
that the court’s order in 2018 to complete the work the National Database seen now with the mas- dark, except those direct- Nadu are used by a
for Unorganised Workers (NDUW) portal, which could be a powerful tool sacre of Uighurs in ly affected in eastern and
to identify and cover all the eligible workers, has not yet been complied Xinjiang and the crack- later northeast India. multitude of people
fully. The government, on its part, had no compunctions in blaming soft- down in Hong Kong. The The CPC-PLA’s tenta- from different walks of
ware problems for the delay. The court now set a new deadline of first CPC-PLA murder, cles reach into every part
life and it is high time

T
December 31 this year for the completion of the work. he Communist gress may have been however, took place at of China, and beyond.
The intervention of the Supreme Court and several high courts in the Party of China held in mid-July, so the Xizang (Tibet) in 1950, Not only does the party we should have
country to come to the aid of the citizen, hit hard by the pandemic, is the (CPC), which official date of the CPC’s where the operations to run every aspect of the Thirukural written so
second best option a democracy can choose. The first one is for the popu- begins its cen- founding is a bit uncer- “cleanse” Buddhist semi- military and govern-
lar government to understand the implications of developments in tenary celebra- tain. naries continued for ment, with a cell in every that everyone travelling
advance as much as possible and stand by the people. If the executive tions on July 1, is vastly The times were indeed years, eventually leading unit, and all appoint- on buses sees it. The
branch of the government refused to deliver, then the judiciary will have different now from the terrible. In the aftermath to the Dalai Lama’s flight ments and promotions
to step in. It is imperative that the government draws the right lessons revolutionary force it of the First World War, to India in 1959. possible only with its Government of Tamil
from such judicial interventions. was at its inception, there were endless politi- In most external mat- approval; its reach Nadu has a separate
when its mission was to cal feuds, defeat, capitu- ters, though, the CPC- extends not just to state- ministry tasked with the
liberate its homeland lation, humiliation, PLA largely operated run industrial enterpris-
from the morass it had abject poverty, agrarian through deceit, rather es but also the private development and
sunk into. Today, the distress, and a “war of all than direct force, with sector — including inter- encouragement of the
Stop trolling Twitter CPC has all but forgotten
the revolution and trans-
formed itself into the
against all” in China’s
hinterland. Into this sce-
nario emerged young
the major exceptions of
Korea in 1950, India in
1962 and Vietnam in
nationally known tech-
nology, telecom and e-
commerce giants. These
use of Tamil. The state
government operates

T
he IT minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, has been leading the battle establishment in the Mao Zedong, then just 28, 1979. It is evident for de- are usually coerced,
against Twitter, which had temporarily blocked his account while People’s Republic of as one constant CPC fig- cades that the CPC-PLA threatened, blackmailed
the local buses and
dealing with a copyright complaint against one of his tweets regard- China (PRC). Many ure through the worst of holds India in unalloyed or else persuaded to do there is a need to put a
ing the use of a photograph of A.R. Rahman’s national song. Governments would say it’s the PRC’s times, as the party was contempt, as it is con- the party’s bidding. stamp on Tamil culture
run by the national ruling party have also gotten into the thick of it in reg- real government — a role endlessly hounded by vinced this country’s The CPC doesn’t use
istering complaints against wrongful portrayal of the India map on the into which it has grown multiple, powerful messy, raucous democra- only Chinese nationals. through Thirukural. The
microblogging platform. The misrepresentation of Ladakh in one such for the past 72 years of rivals, resulting in all- cy and its multiple politi- All Chinese-origin peo- anti-Hindi agitation of
map was subsequently corrected, which is the general norm when such Communist China’s exis- round catastrophe. cal parties cannot be a ple living overseas might
mistakes are committed except if it is done in bad faith by countries inim- tence, ever since Mao Understandably, such match for authoritarian get a call for help, as sev- the 60s and a fascina-
ical to India. Zedong’s Red Army mindless bloodshed and Beijing. For reasons best eral cases emerged in the tion for Tamil literature
What the pattern of action against Twitter suggests is harassment of the swept into power in 1949, mounting casualties led known to them, some In- US courts of people with showcased by most
platform with a global presence, exacerbated perhaps by Twitter’s reluc- overthrowing Chiang to raising one’s own dians appear determined relatives or family ties in
tance to follow the new Indian IT law by which a grievance officer needs Kai-shek’s Kuomintang, forces from the ragtag, to ignore this reality. China being bullied into Tamil Nadu chief minis-
to be residing in India. While social media platforms like Facebook, relegating them to the indisciplined, but hardy, In several stages since spying or working for ters, especially
Instagram and Twitter have been accustomed to being treated as service island of Taiwan, target- inexhaustible source of 1949 — with interrup- the CPC-PLA.
provider “intermediaries” which carry content posted by third parties, ed by Beijing as a “sepa- peasant recruits in the tions during the Cultural For “Mission India”, Annadurai and
they have not shied away from taking editorial decisions. For instance, ratist province” but in countryside. Revolution and the brief the CPC-PLA will use Karunanidhi, and most
the banning for life of former US President Donald Trump by Twitter and the eyes of the rest of the Through such trials promise of the Deng every resource, anyone importantly, the fact
the filtering of content by Facebook when it came to theories on a possible world a thriving, flour- and tribulations was Xiaoping years — this with an Indian visa —
laboratory source of the Covid virus. ishing democracy. born the PLA in the mid- CPC-PLA monolith has from tourist to fraudster, that a verse of
It stands to reason that Twitter must follow the amended Indian law All those who regard 1920s, with Mao taking grown today into an criminal to smuggler; Thirukural conveys so
regardless of its problems in adhering to rules in various jurisdictions in the CPC as a political command after consider- oversized, overweight spies to cyber pirates;
which it has a major presence in terms of users. Its services are available party, perhaps the able friction within. and over-centralised sys- ocean-going fishermen to much sense are what
to resident Indian citizens and it operates in this country earning revenue biggest one in the world, Farmers transformed tem, which will be over- journalists; the People’s resulted in this practice.
and it must be held to account. The government should let its laws rule miss the point. It is any- into fighters under the burdened in the foresee- Bank of China to rail,
rather than overreach to the extent that the sum of its actions looks like thing but a party, it is CPC to “liberate and give able future as China’s telecom and highway
With DMK back in
persecution because a certain segment of people has been offended. just another name for the political emancipation to global ambitions takes techies, agricultural power, Thirukural gets
Actions taken must be within reason too, unless official India is so offend- Chinese State. Just con- the people”, giving birth the world head-on via advisers to embassy offi- back its pride of place
ed that it can ban Twitter like Nigeria has done. Ironically, the same peo- sider this. The People’s to Mao’s politico-mili- multi-pronged and multi- cials, even students.
ple were not averse to using Twitter to further their political aims. The sit- Liberation Army (PLA), tary doctrine: “The Party forked fangs, through Incidentally, China has- as the best way of
uation has the contours of a Mexican standoff. which has been locked in commands and controls land, air, water and n’t been giving visas to showing a great honour
a standoff with the the gun, not the other cyberspace. Indians since November
Indian Army in eastern way around”. Here were India got a direct taste 2020. to the saint
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Editor Printer & Publisher another wing of the CPC, the PLA and by exten- 1962 war, when poison gullible about the PRC’s
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N
o one’s willing to bell this the very punctilious telecom secre- entities despite it having been staffed and overworked. A rather new staff has created more work
cat! The dramatis person- tary Anshu Prakash to take a view strategically inviolable for long. unusual babu logic for geographic for the old staff officers, who now
ae are still largely the on this rather critical call. For now, Few are likely to question that spread. have been saddled with work of the
same, but a stealthy U- some sources suggest that it’s cau- move as this was an old pending Months later, the plan is being new offices that were to have been
Dilip Cherian turn was in the works, say those in
the know at Sanchar Bhavan. The
tion that’s the leitmotif.
Prakash has directed that no ex-
demand of the armed forces.
But at Sanchar Bhavan the issues
implemented at a painfully slow
pace, which far from improving
set up. Only half of the around 500
proposals submitted since last year
question that isn’t being asked yet staffer should be rehired until the are different. After all, BSNL and efficiency has actually led to key that require the ministry’s
Dilli Ka Babu is whether the government acted in
haste when in 2019 it chose to give
matter is “examined thoroughly”.
But if BSNL and MTNL have to sur-
MTNL are a rather different case.
Which may partly explain why the
proposals piling up, many now
found to be still pending. Informed
approval for projects on forest land
are still pending. While this may be
VRS to thousands of employees of vive he may not have the luxury of telecom ministry is walking on sources say that the ministry has a good thing, there’s danger lurk-
BSNL and MTNL. Two years later too much time. Of course, there are eggshells on this subject. not even managed to fill the staff ing on the edges.

Will Centre have that decision has come back to

haunt the babus in the department
of telecommunications (DoT). The
two financially troubled state-run
some whispers about how this situ-
ation might actually spur the gov-
ernment to hive off its now not so
valuable stake in these telecom
BAD TIMING FOR EXPANSION OF
MOEF, REPRIEVE FOR NATURE
Last year when environment min-
positions for the newly created
regional offices. Given the scram-
ble for jobs of this variety, the only
explanation that former staffers
But the bigger question is,
whether all this rearrangement
was really necessary at a time
when the nation is reeling under

to re-hire MTNL telecom companies are currently

struggling to remain operational
after this rather drastic surgery
behemoths of the past and be able
to justify it too. That would howev-
er be yet another acrimonious
ister Prakash Javadekar green-lit
the setting up of 19 integrated
regional offices of his ministry
can proffer is that the efforts were
only half-hearted.
Some new offices in Jaipur,
the Covid pandemic and the econo-
my needs a big lift? Those propos-
als pending with Javadekar’s

& BSNL staffers which did not work.

There is growing desperation in
Sanchar Bhavan and murmurs
hint at a section of babus who now
debate in the making.
Remember, the government has
just announced recently a further
restructuring of another state-
across the country, his stated aim
was that the ministry’s expansion
would lead to better coordination
and monitoring of the work, with-
Shimla, Jammu, Kolkata and
Gandhinagar have not made even a
single appointment so far, after all
the initial fanfare! With the plan
babus could have been a big help,
some insist, though nature may
have unwittingly got a brief
reprieve.

it laid off earlier? want to rehire as consultants the

very babus who were retired with a
golden handshake! It is now up to
owned organisation
Ordnance Factory Board — which
—

is being split into seven corporate

the out stretching his ministry’s staff.
His babus had been complaining
apparently that they were under-
barely moving, the ministry’s
workload has now actually
increased. The delay in appointing
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Fund release conditional under new plan

quick CCEA okays `3.03 L cr
ECONOMY MAY
TAKE LONGER TO
Four years on, GST is
still on road to perfection
BITES scheme for discoms HIT $5 TRILLION
GOAL: SANYAL SANGEETHA G
CHENNAI, JUNE 30
GOVT TO HONOUR 54K GST PAYERS
INDICATORS % FC BUREAU
Despite completing four
years, the goods and serv- New Delhi, June 30: turnover up to Rs 1.5
Sensex 52482.71 -0.13 NEW DELHI, JUNE 30 ices tax (GST) system is The finance ministry on crore can opt for the
Sanjeev yet to overcome all the Wednesday said it will composition scheme and
Nifty 50 15721.50 -0.17 Sanyal
The Cabinet Committee on challenges posed by the issue certificates of pay only 1 per cent tax.
S&P 500* 4,291.65 0.00 Economic Affairs (CCEA) mammoth project. While appreciation to 54,439 For services, businesses
Dollar (`) 74.33 -0.13 on Wednesday approved a Indore, June 30: India's steps have been taken by GST payers for timely fil- with turnover up to Rs 20
Pound Sterling (`) 102.99 -0.16 five-year, reform-based and economy is on the mend the government to iron ing of returns and cash lakh are GST-exempt,
result-linked power distri- after the pandemic- out glitches and address payment of the tax, to and those having
Euro (`) 88.38 0.008 bution scheme worth Rs induced shocks but it unforeseen concerns of mark the fourth anniver- turnover up to Rs 50 lakh
Gold (10gm)* (`) 45,783▼264 0.57 3.03 lakh crore, for may take "an additional the taxpayers, challenges sary of the tax reform. can opt for the composi-
strengthening the systems year or so" to achieve the with regard to compensa- More than 66 crore GST tion scheme and pay 6
Brent crude ($/bbl)* 75.16 0.54 of utilities to improve $5 trillion-mark, said tion cess, inverted duty returns have been filed per cent tax.
IN 10-Yr bond yield 6.051 0.00 their efficiency. Sanjeev Sanyal, princi- structure, exclusion of so far, the ministry said. Prime Minister Naren-
US 10-Yr T-bill yield* 1.441 -0.039 The Reform-Based Result- pal economic advisor to certain sectors and diver- More than 88 per cent of dra Modi, in tweet, said,
Linked Power Distri- the Union Ministry of gent ruling state-level these taxpayers are "GST has been a mile-
* As of 8:30 PM IST bution Scheme was Finance, on Wednesday. advance authorities still MSMEs, with micro (36 stone in the economic
announced in the Budget The GDP growth rate is remain. per cent), small (41 per landscape of India. It has
in February this year. Under the scheme, the The scheme envisages 25 expected to be positive in The nationwide indirect cent) and medium enter- decreased the number of

Amul raises milk

In a briefing post-the target is to reduce aggre- crore smart meters, 10,000 the April-June quarter, tax system was rolled out prises (11 per cent) taxes, compliance bur-
CCEA meeting, R. K. gate technical and com- feeders, four lakh km of he said, speaking to on July 1, 2017 by subsum- involved in the supply of den & overall tax burden
Singh, the Union minister mercial (AT&C) loss to 12 low-tension overhead lines reporters here. ing 17 local levies like goods and services. on common man while
prices by `2 per for power and new and
renewable energy, said,
per cent in the next five
year, Singh said. Currently,
planned under the ongoing
works under central gov-
"Of course, disruptions
will be there. We had set
excise duty, service tax
and VAT and 13 cesses.
Businesses with a
turnover of up to Rs 40
significantly increasing
transparency, compli-

litre across India "We have done a lot for

power distribution
reforms. It needs to be
the AT&C losses are at
around 21 per cent, the
minister added.
ernment schemes.
The central schemes
Integrated Power Develop-
a target of becoming a $5
trillion economy by 2024-
25. It may take an addi-
"Looking at the past
four years since the intro-
duction of GST, one can
lakh are exempt from
GST. Also, those with a
ance and overall collec-
tion." —PTI

strengthened. Today, the On Monday, Finance ment Scheme (IPDS), Deen tional year or so to say it has been a challeng-
Cabinet has approved the Minister Nirmala Sitha- Dayal Upadhyaya Gram achieve this," he said. ing but exciting journey... not able to rightly get the compensate them. While
new scheme worth Rs 3.03 praman again announced Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), “But given the shocks Various amendments input tax credit due to the the compensation cess
lakh crore, including Rs the scheme as part of the and Pradhan Mantri Sahaj we went through (due to have been brought in to exclusion, continuous will be charged beyond
97,000 crore central outlay." stimulus package to boost Bijli Har Ghar Yojana the pandemic), it's noth- smoothly transit into the increase in taxes by the five years to repay this
He said the funds would the economy. (Saubhagya) will be ing,” said Sanyal, here to vision of "one nation one Centre and the state gov- debt, the states are also
be given to power distri- The revamped reforms- merged. attend a programme of tax," said Abhishek Jain, ernments is a major asking for compensation
bution companies (dis- based result-linked power The total allocation will the Department of tax partner, EY. worry for the customers. beyond five years.
coms) to strengthen their distribution scheme will be Rs 3,03,058 crore, includ- Economics of Devi However, a few pain GST compensation for The divergent and con-
systems. He said, “we provide financial assis- ing central government Ahilya University. points still remain. The the states has become a flicting decisions by the
need to do back-end tance to discoms for infra- share of Rs 97,631 crore. The economy has start- inverted duty structure is major Centre-state issue advanced ruling authori-
strengthening to commen- structure creation, up-gra- The revamped distribu- ed to recover rapidly a major issue that needs due to the fall of collec- ties in different states are
surate with our expan- dation of system, capacity tion sector scheme would after the second wave of resolution. In this, the tax tions in the face of the a major concern for tax-
Prices of Amul milk will be sion (of power sector), building and process be available till 2025-26. the pandemic subsided, rate on input used is high- pandemic. The Centre payers. The GST Council
increased by Rs 2 per litre with which is the main objec- improvement. The scheme has a major and the GDP growth rate er than the rate on the had agreed to compensate is planning to constitute
effect from July 1 across all tive of this scheme". It provides state-specific focus on improving elec- is expected to be positive output for sale. the states if they do not an appellate authority
brands. R.S. Sodhi, MD, Gujarat He said there is a differ- intervention in place of tricity supply for the farm- in the April-June quar- Some of the sectors like achieve 14 per cent over these entities to
Cooperative Milk Marketing ence between this scheme 'one size fits all'. ers and for providing day- ter, he said. "If no major oil & gas, electricity and growth in revenues for avoid the confusion.
Federation, said the price was and earlier scheme as fund For availing this scheme, time electricity to them damage from the (possi- real estate have been kept five years. With the com- While GST was meant
being hiked after a gap of one allocation under this the states will have to pre- through solarisation of ble) third wave of the out of the purview of pensation cess, the Centre to lower compliance
year and seven months. "The scheme is conditional. qualify criteria like publi- agricultural feeders. pandemic is seen in the GST. In the case of oil & was managing to compen- related complications,
new prices will be applicable Discoms that are in loss- cation of audited financial This scheme converges country and vaccination gas, five major products, sate the states witnessing the services industry
on all Amul milk brands like es cannot get funding reports, upfront liquida- with the Pradhan Mantri continues at the same including petrol, diesel, a shortfall. However, the now has to make separate
Gold, Taaza, Shakti, T-special, under this scheme unless tion of state government's Kisan Urja Suraksha pace, then you will see crude, natural gas and pandemic has made registrations in each
as well on cow and buffalo they make plan to reduce dues and subsidy to dis- Evem Utthan Mahabhiyan growth in the economy aviation turbine fuel, things worse and the state and the rates too are
milk," said Sodhi. He said the the loss trajectory, get it coms, and non-creation of (PM-Kusum) Scheme, in the next three-four have been excluded from Centre has to borrow on higher compared to pre-
price hike became unavoidable. approved by the state and additional regulatory which aims to solarise all months, he added.— PTI GST. While the sector is the behalf of states to GST times.
submit that to the Centre. assets. feeders.

WORLD MIT, Harvard mask can diagnose virus

It has embedded sensors that monitor health workers’ exposure to variety of pathogens
TAKES
SHORT
Mix AZ, Pfizer
Boston, June 30: Resea-

TIGRAY FIGHTERS rchers at MIT and

Harvard University have
KIM SACKS
IN ETHIOPIA SAY designed a new mask
that can diagnose if the
TOP N. KOREAN
NO TO CEASE-FIRE
Nairobi, June 30: The fighters
now retaking parts of Ethiop-
wearer is infected with
SARS-CoV-2, the virus
which causes Covid-19,
within 90 minutes.
vax for immunity OFFICIALS
Seoul, June 30: North
Vladimir Putin

PUTIN SAYS U.S.

ia’s Tigray region will pursue The mask design, desc- London, June 30: Alte- 463 who were given a sec- Korean leader Kim Jong
soldiers from neighbouring
Eritrea back into their country
ribed in the journal
Nature Biotechnology,
rnating doses of the Ox-
ford-AstraZeneca and Pfi-
ond dose at an interval of
28 days. The mean age of
Un replaced several sen-
ior officials after a “cru- CRAFT INVOLVED
and chase Ethiopian forces to has embedded tiny, dis- zer-BioNTech vaccines the participants was 57.8 cial” Coronavirus inci-
Addis Ababa if that’s what it
takes to weaken their military
posable sensors that can
be fitted into other mas-
generate robust immune
response against Covid-
years, 45.8 per cent were
female, and 25.3 per cent
dent, state media report-
ed Wednesday, potential-
IN BLACK SEA
powers, their spokesman said
Tuesday, as a conflict that has
ks, and could also be ad-
apted to detect other vir-
19, according to a study
led by researchers from
were from ethnic minori-
ties. “The results show
ly signalling a breach in
the country’s epidemic
INCIDENT
killed thousands of civilians uses. The researchers the University of Oxford that when given at a four- defences. Pyongyang clo-
looked certain to continue. showed that the sensors in the UK. week interval both mixed sed its borders in Janu- Moscow, June 30: Rus-
In an interview, Getachew could be incorporated The yet-to-be-published schedules induce an imm- ary last year to try to sian President Vladimir
Reda said that we’ll stop at into not only masks but study found that both mi- une response that is abo- protect itself against the Putin said Wednesday
nothing to liberate every also clothing such as lab xed schedules — Pfizer ve the threshold set by the virus. It has not publicly that a US reconnaissance
square inch of the Tigray coats, potentially offeri- followed by AstraZeneca, standard schedule of the confirmed any cases of aircraft was operating in
region of six million people, ng a new way to monitor and vice versa — induced AstraZeneca vaccine,” the disease at any point. sync with a British
nearly eight months after fight- health care workers’ ex- high concentrations of said Professor Matthew — AFP destroyer during last
ing erupted between the Tigray posure to a variety of pa- antibodies against the Snape, Associate Profess- week’s Black Sea incid-
forces and Ethiopian soldiers thogens or other threats. SARS-CoV2 spike protein or in Paediatrics and Vac- ent in what he described
backed by Eritrea. We have demonstrated when doses were admini- cinology at the University as a “provocation” to test
that we can freeze-dry a stered four weeks apart. of Oxford. LOCKDOWN IN Moscow’s response.
WFP WARNS OF broad range of synthetic
biology sensors to detect
The spike protein helps
the virus to infect and
The researchers noted
that an AstraZeneca/Pfi- B’DESH AFTER
Moscow said one of its
warships fired warning
BIBLICAL FAMINE viral or bacterial nucleic enter the human cells, zer schedule induced hi- shots and a warplane dr-

WITHOUT ACTION
acids, as well as toxic ch-
emicals, including nerve
and current vaccines are
targeted against it. The
gher antibodies and T-cell
responses than a Pfizer VIRUS SURGE opped bombs in the path
of British destroyer De-
toxins,” said James Coll- findings, posted on The dose followed by AstraZe- fender on June 23 to force
Rome, June 30: The head of ins, a professor at Mass- A traditional Thai statue wears a mask as a campaign Lancet pre-print server neca. Both of these indu- Dhaka, June 30: In a it out of an area near the
the UN’s World Food Program- achusetts Institute of for travellers to prevent the spread of Covid-19 at the on June 25, suggest all ced higher antibodies state-run hospital near Crimean Peninsula,
me warned Wednesday there Technology (MIT) in the departure terminal of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok possible vaccination sche- than the licensed, and Bangladesh’s border which Russia annexed in
could be “unprecedented fami- US. “We envision that on Wednesday. — AFP dules involving the Ast- highly effective ‘standard’ with India, Shahinul 2014. Britain denied that
ne of biblical proportions” in this platform could raZeneca vaccine, known two-dose AstraZeneca sc- Islam prays his father account, insisted its ship
dozens of countries without fu- enable next-generation as Covishield in India, hedule, they said. does not become one of wasn’t fired upon and
rther action to address food
shortages. Speaking at a G20
event on humanitarian aid in
Brindisi, Italy, WFP chief Dav-
wearable biosensors for
first responders, health
care personnel, and mili-
tary personnel,” Collins,
No AZ vax for and Pfizer preventive co-
uld potentially be used
against Covid-19.
The study evaluated mix
The highest antibody re-
sponse was seen after the
two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech
schedule, and the highest
the facility’s more than
300 patients who’ve died
this month from the
Coronavirus. Hundreds
said it was sailing in
Ukrainian waters. Asked
if the incident could have
triggered World War III,
id Beasley said world leaders
had stepped up last year with
funds to help those already
struggling when the Coronav-
irus pandemic hit.
the senior author of the
study, said.
The mask sensors are
designed so that they
can be activated by the
under 40s: Oz
Canberra, June 30: The tory due to new clusters,
and match combinations
of the two vaccines to see
to what extent these pre-
ventives can be used int-
erchangeably, potentially
T cell response from Oxf-
ord-AstraZeneca followed
by Pfizer-BioNTech, acco-
rding to the study.
The T cell response is an
like his father are strug-
gling to breathe in the
Covid-19 treatment unit,
while Islam waits in an
emergency room packed
Putin said that it was
hardly possible even if
Russia had sunk the
British warship because
Western powers knew
wearer when they are Queensland and Western mostly of the Delta varia- allowing flexibility in glo- essential part of the host with people. Relatives they couldn’t emerge as
SEX ASSAULT: ready to perform the
test, and the results are
Australia state governme-
nts on Wednesday advised
nt, which is thought to be
more contagious.
bal vaccine roll-out. The
researchers enrolled 830
immune response to
acute virus infection.
rush in and out, desper-
ately trying to find oxy-
winners in a global con-
flict. — AP
COSBY CONVICTION only displayed on the people under age 40 not to Australians have a choi- participants, including — PTI gen cylinders. — AP

OVERTURNED
inside of the mask, for
the privacy of the user.
take the AstraZeneca vac-
cine because of the risk of
ce of only two vaccines
and locally manufactured
MYANMAR
Philadelphia, June 30: Penn-
sylvania’s highest court threw
out Bill Cosby’s sexual assault
As the researchers
were finishing up their
work on the wearable
sensors early in 2020,
a rare blood clotting dis-
order, despite the Austral-
ian government making
those shots available to
AstraZeneca is more plen-
tiful. Queensland Chief
Health Officer Jeannette
Young said younger adu-
2nd day record Russia toll FREES SCRIBES,
ACTIVISTS
conviction and opened the way Covid-19 began spreadi- all adults. lts should wait for Pfizer Moscow, June 30: Coron- ● THE PREVIOUS taking necessary precau-
for his immediate release from ng around the globe, so The state governments’ to become available, desp- avirus deaths in Russia record, of 652 new tions, growing prevalence Bangkok, June 30:
prison Wednesday in a stun- they quickly decided to advice to those under 40 is ite only 5% of all Austra- hit a record for the second deaths, was registered of more infectious varian- Myanmar’s government
ning reversal of fortune for the try using their technolo- based on British govern- lians being fully vaccinat- day in a row on Wedne- ts and laggard vaccination began releasing about
comedian once known as gy to create a diagnostic ment guidelines, while ed. With only 42 Coronav- sday, with the authorities on Tuesday. rates. Although Russia 2,300 prisoners on Wedn-
“America’s Dad”, ruling that for the SARS-CoV-2 vir- the new federal governm- irus cases active in Quee- reporting 669 new deaths, was among the first count- esday, including activists
the prosecutor who brought us. To produce their dia- ent’s position acknowled- nsland, AstraZeneca was the highest daily tally in ries to announce and dep- who were detained for
the case was bound by his pre- gnostic mask, the resear- ges the scarcity of the Pf- not worth the risk for the pandemic. ed has been registering loy a Coronavirus vacci- protesting against the
decessor’s agreement not to chers embedded freeze- izer vaccine and an urge- younger adults, she said. The previous record, of over 20,000 new Coronavi- ne, just over 15 per cent of military’s seizure of pow-
charge Cosby. dried sensors into a nt need to accelerate a No, I do not want under 652 new deaths, was regis- rus cases and around 600 the population has receiv- er in February and jou-
Cosby, 83, has served more than paper mask. slow national rollout. 40s to get AstraZeneca tered on Tuesday. deaths every day since ed at least one shot. rnalists who reported on
two years of a three- to 10-year These freeze-dried co- The disagreement has because they are at Russia has struggled to last Thursday. On Wednes- Russia’s Coronavirus the protests, officials said.
sentence after being found mponents are surround- stoked confusion as aro- increased risk of getting cope with a surge in infec- day, 21,042 new contagions task force has reported Buses took prisoners out
guilty of drugging and violat- ed by silicone elastomer, und half Australia’s pop- — it is rare — but they’re tions and deaths in recent were recorded. more than 5.5 million con- of Yangon’s Insein
ing Temple University sports the researchers said. ulation is locked down in at increased risk of getti- weeks that comes amid Russian officials have bl- firmed Coronavirus cases Prison, where friends and
administrator Andrea Consta- The sensors are placed Queensland, Western Au- ng that rare clotting syn- rather slow vaccination amed the surge, which st- in the pandemic and families of detainees had
nd at his suburban Philadelp- on the inside of the stralia, New South Wales drome, Young said. rates. Russia’s state Coro- arted in early June, on Ru- 135,214 deaths. waited since morning for
hia home in 2004. mask. — PTI and the Northern Terri- — AP navirus task force record- ssians’ lax attitude toward — AP the announced releases. It
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IN NICK OF TIME Ashwin,

NATIONAL | SPORTS AWARDS
SHORT TAKES
Kane reclaims top
position in ranking Chhetri
Dubai: New Zealand captain
Kane Williamson has reclaimed
the number one position in the
ICC Test Rankings for batsmen
in fray for Ratna
Kyrgios beats Humbert for first win in four months
London, June 30: Five-
after leading his side to the time champion Novak New Delhi, June 30: The
World Test Championship title Djokovic overcame a BCCI has decided to rec-
in Southampton last week.The series of falls on Centre ommend women’s cricket
30-year-old's knocks of 49 and Court to reach the great Mithali Raj and pre-
52 not out in the low-scoring Wimbledon third round mier spinner R. Ashwin
final against India helped him for the 15th time on for Rajiv Gandhi Khel
move above the 900-point Wednesday as Australian Ratna, country’s highest
mark and he now enjoys a 10- firebrand Nick Kyrgios sporting honour.
point lead over Steve Smith won his first match in four For Arjuna Award, the
(891 rating points). India skip- months. Board will send the names
per Virat Kohli remains in fourth World number one of senior batsman Shikhar
position while Rohit Sharma has Djokovic, chasing a sixth Dhawan, who was ignored
moved up to the sixth spot. Wimbledon and record- last year, KL Rahul and
India wicketkeeper batsman equalling 20th Grand pacer Jasprit Bumrah.
Rishabh Pant is seventh. Slam title, eased to a 6-3, 6- “No women cricketer has
Williamson, who conceded the 3, 6-3 win over 102nd- been nominated for R. Ashwin
top spot to Smith two weeks ranked Kevin Anderson of Arjuna. Mithali’s name
ago, is back in the position he South Africa. has been recommended for
had first grabbed in November However, he slipped and Khel Ratna,” a BCCI offi- IN RACE FOR
2015 during a series against fell on at least five occa- cial said on Wednesday. KHEL RATNA
Australia. — PTI sions on Centre Court, the Talismanic India captain
day after Serena Williams Sunil Chhetri has been rec- Mithali Raj (cricket)
suffered a tearful, tourna- ommended for this year’s
Shamsi gives SA ment-ending injury due to
similar slips.
Khel Ratna by the All India
Football Federation.
R. Ashwin (cricket)
Sunil Chhetri (football)
1-run win over WI Djokovic, 34, cruised to
victory over the man he
National women’s foot-
ball team striker Bala
Neeraj Chopra (athletics)
Grenada: Tabraiz Shamsi defeated in the 2018 final Devi, who is currently Ankur Mittal (shooting)
enhanced his reputation as the without facing a single playing for Rangers in the Anjum Moudgil (shooting)
top T20 bowler in the interna- break point and commit- Scottish Women’s Premier Sharath Kamal (TT)
tional game by inspiring South ting just six unforced League, has been recom-
Africa to a thrilling one-run vic- errors. mended for the coveted Shubhankar Sharma (golf)
tory over the West Indies in the “I have a nice connection Arjuna Award.
third of their five-match series with the crowd,” said “We have recommended
at the National Cricket Stadium Djokovic. Sunil Chhetri for the Khel government.
in Grenada on Tuesday. “I also seem to be having Ratna and Bala Devi for “Neeraj has been recom-
Defending another moderate a really nice connection Arjuna Award,” an official mended by the awards
total of 167 for eight after they with the grass. I don’t Australia’s Nick Kyrgios plays a shot against Ugo Humbert of France during the first round match of the source said on condition of committee for the Khel
were put in to bat for the third recall falling so much in Wimbledon Championships in London on Wednesday. —AP anonymity. Ratna this year,” an official
time in the series, the left-arm the first two matches at “We have also recom- source said.
Wimbledon.” mended Gabriel Joseph for Double Trap world cham-

Injured & out Serena

wrist spinner bowled his most
economical four-over spell in Kyrgios, ranked 60, but a RESULTS Dronacharya Award,” the pion Ankur Mittal and
conceding just 13 runs for the quarter-finalist on debut source added. Olympic-bound rifle shoot-
important wickets of Evin Lewis in 2014, won his first Men’s singles second round: Olympic-bound star er Anjum Moudgil were
and Shimron Hetmyer. — AFP match since the Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt javelin thrower Neeraj recommended for Khel

breaks down in tears

Brief scores: South Africa 167/8 Australian Open in Kevin Anderson (RSA) 6-3, Chopra has been recom- Ratna award by the
(Quniton de Kock 72, Rassie February, defeating 6-3, 6-3. Denis Shapovalov mended for the Khel Ratna National Rifles
van der Dussen 32; Obed French 21st seed Ugo (CAN x10) bt Pablo Andjar award by the Athletics Association of India
McCoy 4/22, Dwayne Bravo Humbert before declaring: (ESP) — walkover. First Federation of India (AFI). (NRAI).
3/25) bt West Indies 166/7 “Not bad for a part-time round: Yoshihito Nishioka The 23-year-old Chopra’s India’s finest table tennis
(JPN) bt John Isner (USA
(Evin Lewis 27, Nicholas Pooran player”. x28) 7-6 (7/5), 2-6, 6-3, 6-7
London, June 30: 2019 champion Simona nomination came after player Sharath Kamal has
26, Andre Russell 25; Tabraiz Kyrgios triumphed 6-4, 4- (3/7), 6-4; Kei Nishikori American legend Serena Halep and of Naomi sprinter Dutee Chand was also been recommended
Shamsi 2/13, Anrich 6, 3-6, 6-1, 9-7 in a match (JPN) bt Alexei Popyrin Williams’s dreams of win- Osaka prior to the tourna- recommended for the same by the sport’s governing
Nortje 2/29). held over from Tuesday (AUS) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4; Gianluca ning an eighth Wimbledon ment the American would top award by the Odisha body TTFI. — PTI
evening when the final set Mager (ITA) bt Juan Ignacio singles title and equalling have fancied her chances
was level at 3-3. Londero (ARG) 7-6 (7/3), 6- Margaret Court’s Grand of at last equalling the
SL trio dropped “Ugo is an incredible kid
and I knew I was a mas-
0, 4-6, 6-3; Sam Querrey
(USA) bt Pablo Carreo-Busta
Slam record of 24 ended in
tears on Tuesday as fur-
controversial
landmark.
Court’s
Olympic briefs
from India series sive underdog,”
Kyrgios after firing 23
said (ESP x11) 7-6 (8/6), 6-4, 7-5
Women’s singles first round:
ther doubt was cast on her
future in the sport.
Serena’s heart-stopping
fall came not long after
Colombo: Three Sri Lankan aces and 51 winners.
Kyrgios also shrugged
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) bt
Olga Govortsova (BLR) 6-4, The 39-year-old was lead- French player Adrian
Mannarino had slipped
Swimmer Srihari qualifies
cricket players ordered to leave 6-2. Katerina Siniakova ing 3-1 in the first set of
the tour of England on discipli-
nary grounds will be dropped
off an ugly-looking fall in
the 13th game of the final
set when his right knee
(CZE) bt Wang Yafan (CHN)
6-1, 6-0. Anastasija
her first round match
against Aliaksandra
and hurt himself on the
same part of Centre
Court. He too had to retire
Ithendian swimmer Srihari Nataraj officially booked
himself a Tokyo Olympics berth on Wednesday after
sport’s world governing body Fina approved his ‘A’
from a home series against Sevastova (LAT) bt Zarina Sasnovich of Belarus
India in July, officials said buckled beneath him. On Diyas (KAZ) 6-4, 6-1. when she slipped and Serena Williams with his match against standard qualification time in the men’s 100m back-
on Wednesday. Dubbed the Tuesday, he was over- Sorana Cirstea (ROM) bt injured her right leg. Roger Federer level at two stroke time trial at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome.
“terrible trio” by media, vice heard muttering that Samantha Murray (GBR) 6-3, Williams returned from indication in the state- sets apiece. “Srihari Nataraj Olympic qualification time of 53.77
captain Kusal Mendis, opener Court One was “a joke". 6-3. Alize Cornet (FRA) bt receiving medical atten- ment of how serious the “I do feel it feels a tad swam in the time trial at the Sette Colli Trophy is
Bianca Andreescu (CAN x5) affirmed by Fina. SFI had put forward its representa-
Danushka Gunathilaka and As the tournament 6-2, 6-1; Elina Svitolina (UKR
tion but called it a day at 3- injury was nor about her more slippery maybe
wicket keeper Niroshan played catch-up after two 3 and walked off Centre future. under the roof,” said tion to Fina for this. Srihari joins Sajan Prakash as
x3) bt Alison Van Uytvanck
Dickwella returned home on days hit by rain, recrimi- (BEL) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3; Court in tears. It is the first time that Federer. India’s A qualification entry to Tokyo,” the Swimming
Tuesday Sri Lanka Cricket offi- nations continued over Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) “I was heartbroken to Williams has bowed out in “You do have to move Federation of India tweeted.
cials said an inquiry into how the state of the All bt Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 6-4, 6- have to withdraw today the opening round of very, very carefully out
they left the team’s pandemic England Club courts. 1; Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) bt after injuring my right Wimbledon in 20 appear- there. If you push too
isolated hotel in England would
start after their mandatory two-
“The preparation of the
grass courts has been to
Greet Minnen (BEL) 6-2, 7-6
(7/5); Magda Linette (POL)
leg,” she said in a state-
ment posted late evening
ances.
She had only once previ-
hard in the wrong
moments, you do go down.
Rohan-Divij miss the cut
bt Amanda Anisimova (USA)
week quarantine. None will be
included in the three ODIs and
three T20 games to start July
exactly the same meticu-
lous standard as in previ-
ous years,” the club said
2-6, 6-3, 6-1; Yulia Putintseva
(KAZ) bt Tsvetana Pironkova
on her Instagram account.
Perhaps tellingly, she
waved to all four sides of
ously lost in the first
round at any Slam, in the
2012 French Open.
“I do feel it’s drier dur-
ing the day. With the wind
and all that stuff, it takes
ISharan
n a setback to India’s medal chances in the tennis
event of Tokyo Olympics, Rohan Bopanna and Divij
have missed the cut for men’s doubles, which
(BUL) 6-3, 6-1.
13. “They are likely to get a in a statement. the court as she left. The tears said it all as the moisture out of the also rules out the country’s presence in the mixed
minimum one-year suspension — AFP However, she gave no with the withdrawals of grass,” he added. — AFP team competition, its best chance for a podium finish.
if found guilty of several It was expected that with a low combined ranking of
breaches of their contract” an 113, Bopanna (38) and left-handed Sharan’s (75) entry

Ukraine spring Artem surprise

official said. — AFP would depend only on large scale withdrawals. “The
ITF has confirmed that Bopanna and Divij could not
be entered as a team in the men’s doubles team.
India women all However, things might change till July 16 (if there are
more withdrawals),” an AITA source said.
out for 221 vs Eng
Taunton: India were all out for Sweden 1

Nattu doubtful
221 against England in the sec- (Emil Forsberg 43)
ond women’s ODI here on
Wednesday. Captain Mithali Raj
top-scored with 59 off 92 balls Ukraine 2
and stitched a 68-run partner-

for TNPL 2021

(Oleksandr Zinchenko 27,
ship for the fourth wicket with Artem Dovbyk 120+1)
Harmanpreet Kaur (19) to score
the bulk of the runs. Young
opener Shafali Verma con- Glasgow, June 30: Artem
tributed 44 off 55 balls. For Dovbyk’s header in the
England, pacer Kate Cross was 121st minute sent Ukraine DC CORRESPONDENT Natarajan) or not because
the most successful bowler with through to a Euro 2020 CHENNAI, JUNE 30 he is still recovering from
impressive figures of 5/34. quarter-final clash with his injury, so we needed
— PTI England as they beat Tamil Nadu Cricket similar replacements.
Brief Scores: India 221 (Mithali Sweden 2-1 after extra Association is planning to Srinivasan and two other
Raj 59, Shafali Verma 44; Kate time in Glasgow on start the 2021 edition of fast bowlers we picked are.
Cross 5/34) vs England. Tuesday. TNPL by end of July, sub- The other player whom we
Ukraine squeezed ject to the clearance from picked is a mystery spin-
through to the last 16 Tamil Nadu government. ner Anand,” said
Messi’s Barca despite taking just three
points in the group stage,
“It has been a difficult
period for everybody but
Shahrukh.

future in doubt qualifying in part because

Sweden beat Poland to top
we are hopeful of putting
all that behind us and start
DRAFTED PLAYERS
Chepauk Super Gillies:
Madrid: Lionel Messi’s contract Group E ahead of Spain. the tournament under Sandeep Warrier, Nilesh
with Barcelona came to an end But Andriy strict Covid guidelines, Subramanian R,
on Wednesday with no news Shevchenko’s side were subject to Government Radhakrishnan S.
from the player or the club determined to show they SOP,” said TNCA secretary Kovai Kings: Srinivasan E,
Artem Dovbyk of Ukraine (right) celebrates with teammates after scoring the winner against Sweden in the Euro
about his future. The expecta- deserved their place in the RS Ramasaamy. Kiran Kaashyap K,
tion is that the 34-year-old knockout phase as Round of 16 match in Glasgow on Tuesday. — AP Meanwhile, defending Anandakumar S,
Messi, who is playing with Oleksandr Zinchenko champions Chepauk Super Yudheeshwaran V.
Argentina at the Copa America,
will stay at the Catalan club. He
reportedly had been close to
reaching a deal to extend his
contract for two more years.
fired them into an early
lead.
Emil Forsberg’s deflect-
ed strike brought Sweden
level before half-time and
Loew leaves Germany high & dry
London, June 30: “some problems since
Gillies headlined
Wednesday’s draft by pick-
ing Sandeep Warrier. The
fast bowler, who moved
from Kerala to Tamil Nadu
Tiruppur Tamizhans:
Mohammed Ashik, Affan
Khader, Adithya Giridhar,
Sathiyanarayanan
Natarajan ST, Raajkumar
L,

Messi’s future has been a mys- the RB Leipzig midfielder Joachim Loew walks away EURO QUARTERFINALS 2018” and that there had this season, will add more R I, Ashwin Balaji.
tery since he had his request to twice hit the woodwork in after 15 years in charge of July 2 Switzerland vs Spain in St Petersburg 9.30 pm been “a lot of difficult teeth to the CSG pace Dindigul Dragons:
leave the club denied at the the second half. Germany leaving a misfir- July 3 Belgium vs Italy in Munich 12.30 am periods” like the unforget- attack. Gurjapneet Singh, Vimal
end of the 2019-20 season. He However, a red card for ing side short of confi- Czech Republic vs Denmark in Baku 9.30 pm table 6-0 thrashing by “Very happy with the Khumar R, Kishan Kumar,
ended up staying and said he Marcus Danielson nine dence and his successor Spain last November, team structure and we are Vigneshwaran S.
would reconsider his options minutes into extra time Hansi Flick already under July 4 England vs Ukraine in Rome 12.30 am which sparked his deci- pleased to have roped in a Madurai Panthers: P
when this season was over. A left Sweden hanging on pressure to turn things sion to step down. couple of experienced Sugendhiran, K Rajkumar,
lot has changed since he for penalties until Dovbyk around before next year’s Wembley following the lat- “In these 15 years, there When Thomas Mueller players to our squad today. B Rocky, P Saravanan,
announced he wanted to leave latched onto Zinchenko’s World Cup. est painful defeat as, once were a lot of things that wasted a golden opportu- From here it is all about J h a t h a v e d h
the club. — AP inviting cross to spark The Germans bowed out again, Germany struggled were very positive,” Loew nity to equalise at getting the group together Subramanyan.
wild scenes of celebration of Euro 2020 after a disap- to finish their chances. insisted at Wembley. Wembley with the goal at and creating an environ- Trichy Warriors: Sunil
Regd. No. TNENG/2010/35692 among the Ukrainian fans pointing display in the 2-0 Loew had the high of “We have developed his mercy, it was typical of ment for them to replicate Sam, Mathivannan M,
Shevchenko said before last 16 defeat to England winning the 2014 World steadily, the World Cup Germany’s recent strug- the success we had in Karthik R.
Printed & Published by K. Sudhakar on the game his side had on Tuesday at Wembley, Cup, including the title in 2014, the gles in the final third. 2019,” said Hemang Royal Kings: Sri Neranjan
behalf of Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited already achieved their which was Loew’s 198th remarkable 7-1 thrashing Confederation Cup victo- A 4-2 thrashing of Badani, coach of Chepauk R, Veeramani T, Sarathraj
and Printed at Deccan Chronicle Press
situated at No 2/22, Sengalipalayam Road, objective by making it and final game in charge. of hosts Brazil in the ry in 2017 with a young Portugal in the group Super Gillies A, Suresh C, Vivek R, Rohit
N.G.G.O Colony Post, through the group. “With His record of 124 wins, 40 semi-finals, but his tenure team. There have been stages only papered over Kovai Kings captain Ram R, Sarath Kumar M.
Kurudampalayam Village, the cracks running
Coimbatore - 641 022. RNI this performance and draws and 34 defeats since was tarnished by the low moments that are unfor- Shahrukh Khan said T. Salem Spartans:
Registration No: TNENG/2010/35692 commitment, our team 2006 is impressive. of finishing bottom of the gettable,” added the 61- through a team which can Natarajan’s participation Karthikeyan R, Kishoor G,
Ph No : 2231252,253,255,257 & 358 has deserved the love of Yet the figures mask the group four years later in year-old. dominate possession, yet in TNPL is doubtful. “Till Aarif A, R Karthikeyan, M
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the whole country,” said reality of tears in the Russia, which still haunts Yet Loew admitted his struggle to use it. now we don’t know Suganesh, Abhinav
Shevchenko. — AFP German dressing room at the Germans. team had experienced — AFP whether we have Nattu (T Vishnu, AVR Rathnam.